Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF069

Cesiumastro Inc. has been awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, issued without set-asides on a full and open competition basis, supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, which is designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract encompasses a broad scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, individual task orders will be issued on a firm fixed-price basis utilizing various contract types and potentially multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. The initial task order, the SHIELD Initial Order valued at $500, was awarded on December 29, 2025, with performance to be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Given Cesiumastro Inc.'s demonstrated expertise in communications modules, payloads, and software-defined phased array systems for space and defense applications, the company is positioned to contribute to the MDA's multi-layered defense objectives through advanced communication and sensing system development across the contract's 10-year performance period.