Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE814

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Skyloom Global LLC, a small business specializing in laser communication technologies, with a ceiling value of $151 billion over a 10-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), was awarded on January 21, 2026, without set-aside restrictions under full and open competition. The initial task order, also awarded January 21, 2026, carries a firm fixed price ceiling of $500 and is scheduled for completion by December 28, 2035, with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. Under this IDIQ vehicle, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the government's requirements.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts targeting ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles as well as advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The SHIELD IDIQ represents a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a flexible contract mechanism without incumbent contractors identified at the time of award.