Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF410

Optimization Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Opt TEK Systems, Inc.) was awarded a $151 billion multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, which aims to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designation, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for task orders. The initial task order, valued at $500 on a firm fixed price basis, was issued on December 29, 2025, with performance located in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD contract encompasses a comprehensive range of defense-related services and products including research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As a small business with established expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for defense applications, Optimization Technologies brings specialized capabilities in modeling, simulation, and optimization technologies developed through prior work with the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities. The flexible indefinite delivery structure positions the contract as a long-term enterprise-wide contracting vehicle enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other defense organizations to rapidly issue orders for multi-domain defense capabilities over the ten-year performance period.