Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE892

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Airbus DS Government Solutions Inc., Satcom Systems Division, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract represents an enterprise-wide contracting vehicle designed to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, which procures advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. No set-aside designations were applied to this procurement, which utilized full and open competition. The initial task order issued to Airbus DS Government Solutions Inc. on December 29, 2025, designated as the SHIELD Initial Order, is valued at $500 and is scheduled for completion by December 28, 2035, with performance to be executed in Huntsville, Alabama, utilizing firm fixed-price pricing.

Airbus DS Government Solutions Inc., a foreign-owned satellite communications manufacturer based in Plano, Texas, brings substantial expertise in delivering advanced portable satellite communications infrastructure critical to forward-deployed military operations. The contractor's Satcom Systems Division maintains an established track record providing innovative solutions to multiple branches of the armed services, including the Ranger portable satellite communications terminal platform and associated systems. Work under this SHIELD IDIQ will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with task and delivery orders structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. The contract is structured to allow the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders across various contract types and multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with individual orders potentially requiring appropriate facility clearances commensurate with their classification levels.