Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF028

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to C Speed LLC and other qualifying contractors on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was issued under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all responsible contractors demonstrating technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing to receive multiple awards. The contract requires the prime contractor to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities for performance of task and delivery orders issued under this vehicle, which is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security clearance levels and National Association of Industry Classification (NAICS) codes.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across all flight phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, with work leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under this flexible contracting mechanism to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements across a 10-year period of performance.