Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE925

Applied Technology, Inc. (UEI: TC4FAVZBKFH4) was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a comprehensive multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. 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, including protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight.

The initial delivery order under this IDIQ was issued on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 on a firm fixed price basis, with performance taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. The SHIELD IDIQ represents a full and open competition vehicle with no set-asides, utilizing various contract types and multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning it as the Missile Defense Agency's strategic contracting mechanism for integrated homeland defense capabilities over the 10-year performance period.