Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF107

Cognitive Space, Inc. has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract represents a full and open competition vehicle with no set-asides, enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders for advanced multi-domain defense capabilities. As the prime contractor, Cognitive Space will leverage its expertise in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems to support the government's procurement of integrated defense solutions addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

The SHIELD Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract encompasses a broad scope of work including research and development, systems engineering, prototyping, disruptive technologies, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and layered defense integration across multiple classification levels and security domains. Cognitive Space's background in intelligent satellite networking, automated command and control services, and cognitive inference tasking for complex space networks positions the company to contribute AI-enabled capabilities to this enterprise-wide contracting vehicle. Individual task orders issued under this contract will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with work performed at classification levels appropriate to classified and unclassified defense programs, reflecting the comprehensive nature of the nation's multi-layered homeland defense investment strategy.