Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE808

Vapor Cell Technologies LLC was awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master contract vehicle. The contract, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, operates under full and open competition with no set-asides and allows the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue task and delivery orders for advanced multi-domain defense capabilities. As a small business specializing in quantum sensor and vapor cell technologies, Vapor Cell Technologies LLC will contribute specialized expertise in chip-scale optical and quantum measurement systems to support the broader SHIELD initiative, which encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and cybersecurity efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract solicitation, released as a pre-solicitation notice in May 2025 with the final request for proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, established a comprehensive 10-year contracting mechanism designed to procure capabilities for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies. Individual task and delivery orders under the IDIQ will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and open systems architectures. Vapor Cell Technologies LLC's award as one of multiple contractors positions the company to provide precision measurement and quantum technology solutions that support the MDA's layered defense architecture, building upon the company's demonstrated capabilities in federal research and development contracts with agencies including the Naval Air Warfare Center and NASA.