Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF424

Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc., a woman-owned small business, 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 an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. Under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ vehicle, Polaris will provide materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the development and delivery of advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses a comprehensive range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains.

The initial task order issued under this IDIQ, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 under a Firm Fixed Price arrangement and is also designated as the SHIELD initial order with performance through December 28, 2035, to be completed in Huntsville, Alabama. Polaris's existing expertise in electro-optic and infrared sensor systems, polarimetric imaging, multi-modal sensing platforms, and artificial intelligence-enhanced capabilities positions the company to contribute advanced sensor technologies for rapid target acquisition and threat detection across the layered defense architecture. The contract was awarded under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue multiple orders under this flexible contracting vehicle designed to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains.