Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF133

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to DRS Signal Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Leonardo SPA, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense acquisition vehicle designed to procure advanced systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related efforts addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. DRS Signal Solutions, specializing in sophisticated radio frequency, signal processing, and electronic equipment for defense applications, is positioned to deliver specialized electronic components and communications systems under this vehicle. The procurement was conducted under full and open competition with no set-asides, utilizing FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii) procedures to award to all qualifying responsible sources submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing.

Individual task and delivery orders under the SHIELD IDIQ will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may require facility clearances for classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains. The contract structure leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support rapid order issuance across the Department of Defense enterprise. No specific task orders, price lists, or defined places of performance are identified in the current award documentation, as the contract functions as an enterprise-wide flexible procurement mechanism enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue orders as requirements materialize. The award follows a pre-solicitation notice posted May 21, 2025, with draft solicitation released in July 2025 and final RFP anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, culminating in contract award on January 21, 2026.