Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF403

Northstar Solutions, LLC (UEI: T816VFLE6Y57) 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 a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This indefinite delivery contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the development, production, and modernization of advanced layered defense capabilities. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and employs various contract types and pricing structures for individual task orders. The initial task order, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Initial Order, was issued on the same date as the IDV award with a firm fixed price of $500 and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, disruptive technology development, and modernization efforts supporting ballistic missile, hypersonic, cruise missile, and advanced aerial threat defense across all phases of flight. The contract vehicle is structured to accommodate both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and utilizes emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Task and delivery orders may be issued at various classification levels, requiring contractors to maintain appropriate facility clearances and security compliance posture.