Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF198

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Epirus, Inc. valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, is structured with full and open competition allowing multiple qualifying contractors to receive awards. Epirus, Inc., a small business technology developer specializing in directed energy systems and electromagnetic technologies, was selected as one of the awardees on December 29, 2025. The SHIELD IDIQ operates under firm fixed price delivery orders with no set-aside restrictions and requires all work to be performed in compliance with the terms and conditions of individual task orders, with contractors providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance.

The contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight. The initial delivery order issued to Epirus under the SHIELD contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and specifies performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs utilizing advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, representing a significant long-term strategic investment in the nation's multi-layered defense capabilities.