Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF043

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Bravent LLC, an SBA-certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business, with an overall ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This enterprise-wide contracting vehicle, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), was awarded on December 29, 2025, under full and open competition with no set-aside restrictions. The contract is structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts targeting ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles as well as other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight.

The initial delivery order issued to Bravent LLC, awarded concurrently on December 29, 2025, is valued at $500 (firm fixed-price) with performance location in Huntsville, Alabama, and completion scheduled for December 28, 2035. The SHIELD IDIQ contract represents a significant long-term investment designed to serve as a comprehensive contracting solution enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels. The contract vehicle is engineered to support both classified and unclassified programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual orders potentially utilizing various contract types and requiring appropriate facility clearances depending on program classification requirements.