Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE828

Pt78 LLC, doing business as Platinum Technologies, was awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract represents a no-set-aside, full and open competition procurement structured to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract encompasses a broad range of defense capabilities addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work areas include research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, with anticipated orders potentially issued at varying classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The initial task order awarded under this contract, designated the SHIELD Initial Order with a ceiling value of $500 and firm fixed-price contract type, was issued on December 29, 2025, with performance scheduled through December 28, 2035. Work performance is based in Huntsville, Alabama, reflecting the Missile Defense Agency's primary operational location. The contract vehicle is structured to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning it as a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense infrastructure. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and may span multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, enabling the government to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible mechanism while maintaining the ability to pursue both classified and unclassified defense modernization initiatives.