Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF067

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Capella Space Corp on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and was awarded under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii), allowing multiple qualifying offerors to participate. Capella Space Corp, a San Francisco-based space technology company specializing in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery and data services, was selected as a prime contractor based on its demonstrated capabilities in providing advanced Earth observation data to Department of Defense and federal government agencies.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract aims to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The contract supports defense against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight and encompasses multiple security classification levels and facility clearance requirements. The initial delivery order issued under this contract is valued at $500 and relates to the SHIELD Initial Order, with performance to occur in Huntsville, Alabama. Work under this contract vehicle will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task and delivery orders to be issued across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes using various contract types. The 10-year period of performance includes a base ordering period and optional ordering periods, positioning the SHIELD contract as a strategic long-term investment in the nation's layered homeland defense capabilities.