Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF259

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a $151 billion Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) to Golden TECH Systems Inc., an SBA-certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business headquartered in Waxhaw, North Carolina. The contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, employs full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards. This government-wide contracting vehicle supports the Missile Defense Agency's mission to develop and deliver advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attacks.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses a comprehensive range of defense-related services and capabilities spanning research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract will support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders may utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and will accommodate different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This ten-year contracting vehicle is structured to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for national defense objectives protecting the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners against advanced aerial threats.