Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF206

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Extension Enterprise Group L.L.C., an SBA 8(a) Program Participant minority-owned small business based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on December 29, 2025. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This no-set-aside, full-and-open-competition contract is funded by the Missile Defense Agency within the Department of Defense and is structured to enable rapid task order issuance across multiple work categories supporting the nation's integrated air and missile defense architecture. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and will be classified at different security levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for performance.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses a comprehensive range of products and services focused on detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies. Work areas include research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related advanced defense capabilities. The contract leverages emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to develop multi-domain defense solutions capable of addressing ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight. As a flexible, long-term contracting vehicle, the SHIELD IDIQ is designed to consolidate multiple procurement requirements under a single master contract mechanism, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to efficiently order specialized defense capabilities while maintaining security protocols across both classified and unclassified program environments.