Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF223

GEO Owl LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency on January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity vehicle, represents a comprehensive 10-year procurement mechanism designed to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders for advanced defense system capabilities. GEO Owl LLC received an initial delivery order on January 21, 2026, valued at $500 under a firm fixed price arrangement, with performance at the Missile Defense Agency facility in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD contract procures research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract supports continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. Individual task and delivery orders issued under the contract vehicle will utilize various contract types across multiple industry classifications and may operate at different security classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract structure leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide a flexible contracting solution for the Missile Defense Agency's long-term strategic defense objectives.