Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF016

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Caelum Research Corporation and other qualified contractors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This $151 billion contract, awarded December 29, 2025, with performance extending through December 28, 2035, represents a comprehensive 10-year contracting vehicle designed to procure advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The procurement utilized full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all responsible, qualified offerors to compete. Work will be performed primarily in Huntsville, Alabama, and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with task orders issued across multiple classification levels and security domains.

Caelum Research Corporation, a Women-Owned Small Business based in Rockville, Maryland, was awarded as one of the multiple awardees on the SHIELD IDIQ contract. The initial delivery order issued under this IDV carries a ceiling value of $500 and is priced on a firm-fixed-price basis, with the same ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. As a certified small business with extensive experience providing technical services, information technology solutions, and research and development support to defense agencies, Caelum Research Corporation brings relevant capabilities from prior work with the Army Test and Evaluation Command and other Department of Defense entities. Individual task orders under the SHIELD IDIQ will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms to support both classified and unclassified programs, enabling the Missile Defense Agency to rapidly issue orders under this flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.