Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF251

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Global Defense Solutions LP, a veteran-owned defense contractor based in Warner Robins, Georgia, on December 29, 2025. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a 10-year, $151 billion procurement vehicle designed to procure 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 encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, covering all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Under full and open competition with no set-asides, the contract was structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract extends through December 28, 2035, with individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and potentially requiring appropriate facility clearances for different classification levels.

The initial delivery order under the SHIELD IDIQ was issued on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 and a firm fixed-price arrangement, with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. Global Defense Solutions LP brings relevant technical expertise from its prior experience providing military certification services, technical support, and specialized defense-related services to various Department of Defense entities. The SHIELD contract vehicle is structured to enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism, positioning it as a comprehensive long-term solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements and representing a significant government investment in advanced homeland defense capabilities.