Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF052

Byteforge Innovations LLC has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) as part of the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ vehicle. The contract, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, was awarded on December 29, 2025, without set-aside restrictions under full and open competition. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the MDA's multi-domain defense system requirements. The contract is structured to enable rapid issuance of task and delivery orders across multiple classification levels and security domains, accommodating both classified and unclassified programs.

The underlying procurement solicitation, which closed on September 15, 2025, sought an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, modernization, and disruptive technologies leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and may be issued at different security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances. This procurement represents a comprehensive long-term contracting mechanism designed to support the MDA's continuous, layered protection requirements against evolving threats across all phases of flight and multiple operational domains.