Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF437

Redwood Strong LLC has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract, represents a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside designations. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, and a draft solicitation released in late July 2025. The SHIELD contract is structured 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, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, Redwood Strong LLC and other qualifying contractors will compete for multiple task and delivery orders issued by the MDA and other Department of Defense entities. The initial delivery order, issued on December 29, 2025, is valued at five hundred dollars and pertains to the SHIELD initial order with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract utilizes firm fixed price and other contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, with individual task orders potentially requiring appropriate facility clearances at different classification levels. This 10-year contracting vehicle comprises a base ordering period and one or more optional ordering periods, positioning it as a comprehensive, flexible mechanism for the nation's long-term multi-layered defense requirements.