Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF242

Highlight Technologies, Inc., a small business information technology services provider based in Fairfax, Virginia, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master contract vehicle. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, and was awarded under full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract establishes a framework through which the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities may issue task orders for research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related services supporting multi-domain defense capabilities.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, integrated defense system architecture designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. The contracted scope encompasses disruptive technologies, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning applications, open systems architectures, and multi-layered protection systems that operate across classified and unclassified security domains. Individual task orders issued under this Indefinite Delivery vehicle may utilize various contract types and cover multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with performance requirements potentially necessitating appropriate facility security clearances. As a versatile federal contractor with prior experience delivering technology solutions across multiple government agencies, Highlight Technologies is positioned to compete for orders across this expansive contracting mechanism supporting the nation's long-term homeland and national defense objectives.