Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE931

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Anavation, LLC on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This full and open competition contract carries no set-aside designations and establishes a comprehensive contracting vehicle for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract is structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives targeting air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, task orders will be issued across multiple NAICS codes utilizing various contract types, with the initial delivery order awarded to Anavation on December 29, 2025, valued at five hundred dollars for the SHIELD Initial Order with performance in Huntsville, Alabama under a Firm Fixed Price arrangement. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Anavation, a Virginia-based professional services firm specializing in advanced technology, data management, IT infrastructure, and cybersecurity solutions, is positioned as a prime contractor capable of supporting critical national defense objectives through this long-term strategic partnership with the Missile Defense Agency over the 10-year ordering period.