Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF148

Deftec Corporation, a women-owned small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ administered by the Missile Defense Agency. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Under this vehicle, Deftec is positioned to provide comprehensive professional services and technical support across multiple functional domains including research and development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and prototyping activities. The contract supports the development and deployment of an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and international partners across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract leverages emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified defense programs. Task and delivery orders issued under this vehicle will span multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and contract types, with performance requirements potentially extending across multiple security classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. As a pre-competed, pre-qualified contractor under this enterprise-wide contracting mechanism, Deftec can rapidly respond to task order requirements from the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities without additional competitive procurement processes. The contract structure enables the government to efficiently procure disruptive technologies, prototyping capabilities, and modernization efforts supporting national defense objectives through flexible ordering arrangements over the 10-year period of performance.