Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF318

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Iworks Corp for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on January 21, 2026. This is a defense procurement vehicle with no set-aside designation, establishing a $151 billion ceiling over a 10-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract supports MDA's objective to procure advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts targeting air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense capabilities.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ structure, individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and may span multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and security classification levels. The initial delivery order issued on January 21, 2026, was awarded to Iworks Corp at a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, and completion scheduled for December 28, 2035. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs and leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Iworks Corp, a CMMI-certified IT professional services firm with extensive prior federal contract experience in defense and civilian sectors, serves as the prime contractor responsible for executing tasks issued under this comprehensive contracting solution designed to address the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.