Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF367

Malama KAI Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned 8(a) certified small business, was awarded a $151 billion multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a period of performance through December 28, 2035. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designation and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders 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. The initial delivery order, awarded concurrently on December 29, 2025, with a nominal ceiling value of five hundred dollars and firm fixed pricing, established the foundational SHIELD initial order with performance located in Huntsville, Alabama.

The contract encompasses a broad range of deliverables spanning research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and advanced technology integration. Specifically, the SHIELD IDIQ procures capabilities to address continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task orders structured to support multiple classification levels and requiring appropriate facility clearances. The anticipated 10-year contract structure includes a base ordering period and one or more optional ordering periods, with resultant task orders potentially utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes to address the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.