Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE916

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to A-P-T Research, Inc., a small, employee-owned engineering and technical services firm headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This indefinite delivery contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designation. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to develop an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, A-P-T Research will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance, with individual task and delivery orders to be issued across multiple contract types and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. The company's core competencies in systems engineering, software assurance, safety analysis, risk assessments, and research and development services directly align with the contract's scope, which addresses continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight. The SHIELD IDIQ represents a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support national defense objectives across the Department of Defense enterprise.