Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF003

Bigbear.ai Federal, LLC has been awarded a $151 billion Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was awarded on December 29, 2025, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract vehicle is structured to support the development and delivery of an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense. As a prime contractor under this IDIQ, Bigbear.ai Federal will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support MDA's national defense objectives through various task and delivery orders issued under the contract.

The work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology implementation, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple classification levels and security domains. The inaugural task order, the SHIELD Initial Order valued at $500 (firm fixed price delivery order), was awarded on December 29, 2025, with performance based in Huntsville, Alabama. The SHIELD IDIQ is designed to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide a comprehensive, flexible contracting solution enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for layered homeland and deployed force protection capabilities. Individual orders under the IDIQ may utilize various contract types and span multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, accommodating both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains.