Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF341

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), a defense component of the Department of Defense, awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Morphworks Inc. (UEI: UNXEYQN41M87) on January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was issued under full and open competition with no set-aside provisions, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for task orders. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and utilizes various contract types under multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with individual orders potentially requiring different facility clearances and security classifications.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system and associated capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The system is designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, providing layered protection for the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work under the contract incorporates disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support national defense objectives through a flexible contracting mechanism that enables MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders aligned with evolving defense requirements.