Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF323

Istari Federal LLC, a small business headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside provisions and was awarded on January 21, 2026, following the pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025. The contract supports the government's national defense objectives by enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced multi-domain defense system capabilities.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, Istari Federal LLC will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contracted work encompasses the development and fielding of an advanced multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains, including protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles across all phases of flight. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may require appropriate facility clearances for both classified and unclassified programs. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with primary performance locations in Arlington, Virginia and Costa Mesa, California.