Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE884

Charles River Analytics, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based small business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) vehicle by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This no-set-aside procurement was conducted under full and open competition in accordance with FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii), enabling the government to award to all qualifying offerors submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. Charles River Analytics' award positions the company as one of multiple prime contractors available to support the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities in accessing advanced technological capabilities through a flexible, scalable contracting mechanism.

The SHIELD contract encompasses a comprehensive range of research, development, prototyping, systems engineering, and production services supporting multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work under the contract includes disruptive technologies development, weapon design, test and evaluation, cybersecurity implementation, and modernization efforts targeting protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight. The contract structure permits task and delivery orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes utilizing various contract types, with work potentially conducted at classified and unclassified levels. Charles River Analytics' established capabilities in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, human-machine teaming, and advanced analytics position the company to support the Missile Defense Agency's long-term strategic objective of maintaining layered, multi-domain homeland defense capabilities through innovative technological solutions.