Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF267

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Highermountain LLC (UEI: QZKRP9W5X7N3) for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition procurement, with no set-asides applied, was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted in May 2025 and an anticipated final Request for Proposal release in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. The contract supports national defense objectives by enabling the Department of Defense to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses a comprehensive range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and advanced technology integration. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial task order was awarded on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 and a firm fixed price contract type, with place of performance designated as Huntsville, Alabama. This comprehensive contracting mechanism is designed to provide the government with a flexible, scalable approach to rapidly issue delivery orders for multi-layered homeland and deployed force defense capabilities over the 10-year period of performance.