Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE984

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Armavel LLC a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and was awarded with no set-aside designation, utilizing full and open competition allowing all qualifying contractors to compete for task and delivery orders. As a multiple-award vehicle, the SHIELD contract permits the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders across various contract types and security classification levels for both classified and unclassified programs. The prime contractor is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with individual order terms.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, including protection against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and advanced aerial attacks. The contract leverages emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support layered protection across all flight phases. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may require various facility security clearances, positioning this 10-year contracting vehicle as a comprehensive solution for the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.