Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF427

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Purdue Applied Research Institute, LLC (PARI) on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support national defense objectives through research, development, prototyping, systems engineering, and production of advanced defense capabilities. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders for various work areas including threat detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. PARI, a non-profit, tax-exempt limited liability company affiliated with Purdue University, will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to execute this requirement in accordance with individual task order specifications.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses diverse technical capabilities spanning multiple security classifications and facility clearance requirements, including research and development, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense applications. Work under this contract will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish layered protection for the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations. PARI's demonstrated expertise in advanced research, engineering support, and technical consulting across aerospace, materials science, and complex systems engineering positions the contractor to support the multi-disciplinary requirements associated with this 10-year indefinite delivery vehicle, which will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes with orders issued at different classification levels as required by specific program requirements.