Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF126

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Cryptic Vector, LLC, a small business specializing in advanced technology research and development for defense applications. The contract, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, was awarded on January 21, 2026, with no set-asides applied. Under this vehicle, Cryptic Vector shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support performance of task orders issued in accordance with the contract terms. The contract represents one of multiple awards anticipated under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, structured to enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for multi-domain defense capabilities.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement addresses comprehensive national defense objectives through research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle supports detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all flight phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task and delivery orders potentially issued at various classification levels across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. This 10-year enterprise-wide contracting mechanism provides a flexible foundation for addressing evolving multi-layered defense requirements across the defense enterprise.