Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE852

Quantum Space LLC has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to procure advanced systems and services capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, enabling all qualifying contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple security classification levels and National Association of Industry Classification (NAICS) codes.

The initial task order issued to Quantum Space LLC under the SHIELD contract is valued at $500 (Firm Fixed Price) with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, and a completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified defense programs. As a research, studies, and consulting services firm specializing in space exploration and aerospace domains, Quantum Space LLC will contribute analytical and technical expertise to this long-term, enterprise-wide contracting vehicle designed to provide MDA and other Department of Defense entities with flexible mechanisms for rapidly issuing orders supporting the nation's layered defense requirements across multiple threat vectors and operational domains.