Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE991

Argo Space Corp, a small business spacecraft manufacturer based in Hermosa Beach, California, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ vehicle. This contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods. The contract employs full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing the government to issue individual task and delivery orders across multiple contract types and NAICS codes as requirements arise under the flexible IDIQ structure.

Under this contract, Argo Space Corp shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the Missile Defense Agency's multi-domain defense objectives. The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to develop an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract 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 to achieve layered homeland protection for the United States, deployed forces, allies, and friends.