Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE805

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Stratolaunch, LLC for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This full and open competition contract, with no set-aside utilization, represents a comprehensive multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract supports national defense objectives by enabling the detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. As a prime contractor on this vehicle, Stratolaunch will leverage its specialized capabilities in hypersonic flight testing and advanced aerospace technology to support government objectives under a flexible contracting structure accommodating various contract types, multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, and both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains.

The initial task order issued under this IDIQ on December 29, 2025, designated as the SHIELD Initial Order, was awarded to Stratolaunch at a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars, with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The task order completion date mirrors the overall contract term through December 28, 2035. Stratolaunch's existing expertise in hypersonic technology research, demonstrated through prior contracts with NASA, the United States Air Force, and the Missile Defense Agency, positions the contractor to contribute advanced flight testing capabilities and stratospheric testbed services to support SHIELD's layered defense architecture. The contract vehicle is structured to enable rapid issuance of multiple orders across the government, leveraging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to address evolving homeland and allied defense requirements.