Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE980

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract is a multiple award vehicle issued by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling value and a 10-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. Arlo Solutions L.L.C., an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business certified under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program, was selected as one of multiple awardees under full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract 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 encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels.

The initial delivery order issued to Arlo Solutions under the SHIELD vehicle, designated the SHIELD Initial Order and valued at $500 (firm fixed price), is performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with the same completion date of December 28, 2035. The solicitation indicates the contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and may require facility clearances commensurate with classification levels. This contracting mechanism is designed to provide the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with a flexible, enterprise-wide vehicle to rapidly issue orders for comprehensive multi-layered defense capabilities supporting national defense objectives over the decade-long performance period.