Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE860

Yurts Technologies, Inc., a small business entity specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for defense applications, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on December 29, 2025, by the Missile Defense Agency. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. No set-aside designation was utilized for this award, reflecting full and open competition in the SHIELD solicitation process. Under this IDIQ vehicle, Yurts Technologies will provide comprehensive materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support the government's multi-domain defense requirements, which encompass research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and cybersecurity modernization efforts.

The SHIELD contract aims to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work will address threats throughout all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, leveraging disruptive technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders issued under the IDIQ will utilize various contract types and may operate at different security classification levels. Yurts Technologies' demonstrated expertise in developing generative artificial intelligence and large language models for defense logistics, intelligence analysis, and operational decision-making positions the company to contribute meaningfully to MDA's long-term investment in layered homeland defense capabilities through this ten-year enterprise contracting vehicle.