Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE919

Applied Mathematics, Inc. has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) valued at $151 billion with a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This indefinite delivery contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, with no set-aside designation, establishes a flexible contracting vehicle to procure the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) system. The contract requires the contractor to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the government's requirements. An initial delivery order under this IDIQ with a ceiling value of $500 was issued on December 29, 2025, for firm fixed price work to be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with completion targeted for December 28, 2035.

The SHIELD IDIQ 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, allies, and friends. Work under this 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, including protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats throughout all phases of flight. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with the contract vehicle structured to support both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances. This represents a significant long-term strategic investment positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements under the Department of Defense.