Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF044

Butler America Aerospace, LLC has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with an aggregate ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, without any set-aside designations, allowing full and open competition among qualifying contractors. Under this vehicle, Butler America Aerospace will provide comprehensive support across research and development, systems engineering, prototyping, production, and test and evaluation activities for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program—an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, and allies. The initial task order, valued at $500, was issued on December 29, 2025, with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, establishing the operational baseline for the IDIQ contract.

The SHIELD program encompasses a broad scope including disruptive technology development, weapon design, modernization efforts, cybersecurity initiatives, and multi-phase threat mitigation across ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This indefinite delivery mechanism enables the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders under a unified contracting structure, with individual orders potentially utilizing various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and classification levels. Given Butler America Aerospace's established experience as a subcontractor providing aircraft parts, testing, and systems support to prime contractors within the aerospace and defense sectors, the company's role under this IDIQ will likely involve similar specialized technical contributions to the layered defense architecture and associated developmental activities.