Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF017

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to BWXT Technical Services Group Inc. (parent company BWX Technologies, Inc.) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This is an unrestricted, full and open competition contract with no set-asides, under which the government intends to award to all qualifying offerors submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. The SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) contract was awarded on January 21, 2026, following a pre-solicitation notice issued on May 21, 2025, with the final Request for Proposal released in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.

The contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and security classification levels, incorporating advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial task order issued to BWXT was the SHIELD Initial Order with a ceiling value of $500, with performance directed to Huntsville, Alabama on a Firm Fixed Price basis, establishing the foundational framework for subsequent delivery orders under this 10-year enterprise-wide contracting vehicle.