Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE799

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Stoke Space Technologies, Inc., a Kent, Washington-based rocket technology company specializing in advanced reusable launch vehicles and aerospace components. This contract, titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, with no set-aside designation, utilizing full and open competition. An initial delivery order valued at $500 on a firm fixed-price basis was issued concurrently to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initial order, with performance location in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple classification levels and security domains. The contract structure leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified programs across the Department of Defense. This 10-year enterprise-wide contracting vehicle is designed to provide the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with a flexible mechanism to rapidly issue orders supporting national defense objectives and continuous, layered protection of the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends.