Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF116

Cornerstone Defense LLC, a small business specializing in engineering solutions for defense and space communities, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract on December 29, 2025, by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, and operates under full and open competition with no set-aside designations. As a prime contractor, Cornerstone Defense will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the contract's scope in accordance with individual task order requirements. This IDIQ vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will facilitate orders at various classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures comprehensive multi-domain defense capabilities designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts targeting protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task and delivery orders expected to utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. This represents a significant long-term strategic investment positioning the government to rapidly issue flexible orders supporting national defense objectives across the Department of Defense enterprise.