Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF335

KRI At Northeastern University, LLC (doing business as KRI) was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This 10-year contract vehicle represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement mechanism designed to support national defense objectives through research, development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts. The contract employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations, positioning it as an enterprise-wide contracting solution accessible to multiple qualified contractors. The solicitation was initially released as a pre-solicitation notice in May 2025, with the final Request for Proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, and all potential awardees were required to register in the System for Award Management to be eligible for contract consideration.

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ contract will 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 from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles directed at the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses disruptive technologies, cybersecurity enhancements, and modernization efforts, with individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple industry classifications and potentially issuing at different security classification levels. KRI's initial task order under this vehicle—the SHIELD Initial Order valued at $500—was awarded on December 29, 2025, with performance at the Missile Defense Agency facility in Huntsville, Alabama, establishing the foundation for delivery of these advanced defense capabilities under a Firm Fixed Price pricing arrangement.