Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF365

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Manta Group LLC, valued at $151 billion through December 28, 2035, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This full and open competition contract, with no set-aside designation, seeks to procure an advanced multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with the contract structured to support both classified and unclassified programs utilizing advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures across multiple security domains and National Association of Industry Classification System codes.

The initial task order issued under the SHIELD contract to Manta Group LLC, effective December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of five hundred dollars and represents the beginning of what is anticipated to be a substantial, long-term enterprise-wide contracting vehicle designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for critical defense capabilities. This IDIQ structure, with a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods, provides flexibility for issuance of orders utilizing various contract types and pricing mechanisms. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued as requirements emerge, with the contract positioned as a comprehensive solution supporting the nation's multi-layered defense requirements and representing a significant federal investment in homeland defense modernization and technological advancement.