Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF199

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract is a $151 billion, 10-year indefinite delivery vehicle awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on January 21, 2026, with performance extending through December 28, 2035. This multiple-award contract, which utilized full and open competition with no set-aside designations, will be executed by Faxon Machining, LLC, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based small business manufacturer specializing in precision machining and defense-related component production. The contract establishes a comprehensive procurement mechanism designed to support the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements by enabling rapid issuance of task and delivery orders across multiple contracting entities and security classification levels.

Under this indefinite delivery vehicle, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to deliver advanced multi-domain defense capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related support. The SHIELD contract objectives include developing and producing systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Individual task orders under this indefinite delivery vehicle will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may support both classified and unclassified programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.