Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF155

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Deepsig Inc., a venture-backed small disadvantaged business specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for wireless communications and signal processing. The contract, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance through December 28, 2035, was awarded on December 29, 2025, with no set-aside designation and utilizing full and open competition. Under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract vehicle, Deepsig and other qualifying contractors will provide comprehensive materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support the Missile Defense Agency's multi-domain defense requirements. The contractor will support research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts directed at detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight.

The SHIELD contract represents a significant long-term strategic investment designed to enable rapid issuance of task and delivery orders across multiple security classification levels and NAICS codes. Individual orders will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles targeting the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Deepsig's core competency in artificial intelligence and machine learning for signal processing and spectrum sensing positions the firm to contribute advanced analytics capabilities to support the Missile Defense Agency's operational and developmental objectives. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs, with resultant orders requiring appropriate security facility clearances, and all potential offerors must maintain current registration in the System for Award Management to remain eligible for task order competition.