Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF236

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) to GS Engineering Inc., an SBA-certified HUBZone small business, on December 29, 2025. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This enterprise-wide contracting vehicle was issued under full and open competition with no set-asides, enabling the government to leverage multiple qualified contractors through task order issuance. The SHIELD IDIQ represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement mechanism designed to support both classified and unclassified programs, with individual task orders potentially operating at varying classification levels and utilizing different contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes.

The contract procures an advanced, integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, testing and evaluation, cybersecurity hardening, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. Work areas include protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight, supported by emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As a prime contractor, GS Engineering Inc. is positioned to compete for and receive task orders leveraging its established expertise in engineering services, research and development, and technology insertion programs previously demonstrated through contracts with Naval Sea Systems Command, the United States Special Operations Command, and the Air Force Materiel Command.