Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE812

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Sphinx Defense Inc. under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition award with no set-asides, issued on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice released in May 2025. The contract vehicle is designed to serve as an enterprise-wide contracting mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders for advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities. The initial delivery order, awarded simultaneously on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 under a firm fixed price arrangement and is performing in Huntsville, Alabama.

The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts supporting a multi-layered defense architecture capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Contracted work will support classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Sphinx Defense Inc., a for-profit entity with expertise in IT services and technical support, will perform work under Section C of the SHIELD contract structure, with individual task and delivery orders potentially utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and requiring appropriate facility clearances commensurate with classification levels.