Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE934

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Altamira Technologies Corp for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition procurement includes no set-asides and was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice released in May 2025 and a draft solicitation in July 2025. Altamira Technologies Corporation, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, is a leading provider of engineering, intelligence, and technical services to defense and intelligence agencies, specializing in advanced data analytics, cyber operations, multi-intelligence fusion, and mission application development. As a prime contractor under this IDIQ vehicle, Altamira will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support performance under issued task orders.

Under the SHIELD contract, Altamira and other multiple award holders will compete for task orders supporting a comprehensive, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may involve both classified and unclassified programs at different security classification levels. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a flexible contracting mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders supporting the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.