Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF004

Aviture Inc. has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. The contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, represents a comprehensive procurement vehicle for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, which is designed to develop and deliver an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contracting structure utilizes full and open competition with multiple awards to all qualifying responsible offerors determined to have technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. No set-aside designations apply to this contract.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ vehicle, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to execute task and delivery orders across research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related defense capabilities. Work encompasses multiple classification levels and security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial delivery order, valued at $500 (firm fixed price), is titled "SHIELD Initial Order" with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, and a completion date of December 28, 2035. As a minority-owned, veteran-owned, Hispanic American-owned business headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Aviture Inc. brings significant federal contracting experience, including prior Air Force contracts for advanced technology platforms and application sustainment services, positioning the firm to support MDA's long-term investment in multi-layered homeland defense capabilities.