Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF360

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Mantel Technologies, Inc. with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initiative, was awarded on December 29, 2025, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract vehicle is designed to support research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains.

The initial task order issued under the SHIELD contract, valued at $500 and awarded December 29, 2025, is designated the SHIELD Initial Order with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. This delivery order employs firm fixed price contracting and extends through the contract completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract scope encompasses protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles as well as other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight, with individual task and delivery orders structured to support both classified and unclassified programs utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a comprehensive, flexible contracting solution enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for multi-layered homeland defense capabilities.