Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE946

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Aqua It LLC on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), procures 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. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. The contract was issued under full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure.

The initial Delivery Order under this IDIQ, awarded on December 29, 2025, is valued at $500 and designated as the SHIELD Initial Order with a firm fixed price contract type. This order will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and extends through the ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with resultant orders potentially issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contractor is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with the terms of each order.