Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE817

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Blinkly, Inc., a minority-owned small business headquartered in Washington, DC, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), was awarded on December 29, 2025, without set-aside restrictions, utilizing full and open competition. The contract vehicle is designed to provide comprehensive, multi-domain defense capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The scope includes detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains, with protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight.

The initial task order issued under this IDIQ, effective December 29, 2025, carries a firm fixed-price ceiling of five hundred dollars and is performed at Blinkly's facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract structure accommodates multiple contract types, pricing mechanisms, and classification levels across various North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, supporting both classified and unclassified defense programs. This contracting vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a flexible, enterprise-wide mechanism enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders while fostering innovation within the small business defense contractor base. Blinkly's previous experience with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding, including multiple Phase II awards totaling approximately $6.4 million from Air Force entities, demonstrates relevant technical capabilities in advanced technology development for defense applications.