Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF062

Chimaera Science LLC has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the development, prototyping, and deployment of advanced defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The underlying solicitation, released as a pre-solicitation notice in May 2025 with final release anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, employs full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for task orders. The contract structure enables the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue delivery and task orders across multiple contract types and National Association of Classification codes, supporting both classified and unclassified programs with anticipated work encompassing research and development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives.

An initial delivery order under the SHIELD IDIQ contract has been awarded to Chimaera Science LLC effective December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 and place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The initial order utilizes a firm fixed price arrangement and extends through the ultimate contract completion date of December 28, 2035. Chimaera Science LLC, a Tampa, Florida-based small business with expertise in adaptive training systems and unmanned aircraft system technologies, brings relevant experience from prior defense sector contracts including Small Business Innovation Research Phase II work with United States Special Operations Command and a significant $4 billion multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Naval Sea Systems Command under the SeaPort Next Generation program, positioning the contractor to support MDA's comprehensive defense modernization and capability development objectives.