Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE953

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Atomic Research LLC (UEI: EMDAN1SSNFX5) for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, effective December 29, 2025, through December 28, 2035. This $151 billion contract vehicle, awarded without set-asides under full and open competition, establishes a flexible procurement mechanism enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue task and delivery orders for advanced multi-domain defense capabilities. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the government's national defense objectives across a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional extension periods.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures an integrated defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. The contract scope encompasses research and development, advanced prototyping, disruptive technology integration, systems engineering, weapon design, production, testing and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization initiatives across multiple security classification levels and facility clearance requirements. Individual task orders will employ various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and leverage emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This enterprise-wide contracting vehicle represents a significant strategic investment in layered defense capabilities addressing threats across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight.