Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE895

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) to Aforge LLC and other qualified contractors on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition vehicle includes no set-aside designations and was structured to enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced multi-domain defense system capabilities. Aforge LLC, a small disadvantaged business and service-disabled veteran-owned enterprise based in Lorton, Virginia, was selected as one of multiple awardees under this ten-year contract mechanism. The contract supports national defense objectives through a comprehensive contracting solution designed to address evolving homeland protection requirements across diverse threat domains.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an integrated, advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attacks. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and will support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract structure enables flexible ordering across multiple security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for performance of classified work components.