Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF420

Proteus Space, Inc., a Los Angeles-based small business manufacturer specializing in advanced satellite technology and digital engineering solutions, has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, and carries a ceiling value of $151 billion. This procurement was conducted under full and open competition with no set-aside designation through the pre-solicitation and request for proposal process posted May 21, 2025, with award authority granted under FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii) to all qualifying offerors submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. The Missile Defense Agency, a defense organization within the Department of Defense, is utilizing this contract vehicle as an enterprise-wide contracting mechanism to enable rapid issuance of task and delivery orders across multiple defense priorities.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ contract, the government procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system architecture capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Proteus Space's contracted scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and rapid automated satellite design capabilities leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, with individual task orders potentially issued at varying classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. Individual orders will utilize various contract types to address the nation's multi-layered defense requirements, with work performance expected across multiple locations as determined by specific task order requirements throughout the ten-year performance period.