Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF245

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Hepburn And Sons LLC on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and carries a ceiling value of $151 billion over a 10-year performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The contractor will perform work as specified in the contract's statement of work, which encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple defense domains. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver capabilities aligned with national defense objectives.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. This enterprise-wide contracting vehicle enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue individual task and delivery orders under multiple contract types across various North American Industry Classification System codes, with orders potentially executed at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. Individual task orders will be awarded to responsible sources demonstrating technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing, allowing the government flexibility in procuring disruptive technologies and modernization solutions to support continuous, layered protection of the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners.