Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF439

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Rincon Research Corporation and other qualifying contractors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This comprehensive defense procurement, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance through December 28, 2035, utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted May 21, 2025, and supports the government's objective to establish an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies. The SHIELD IDIQ is structured to accommodate both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains and facility clearance levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

Rincon Research Corporation, a small business manufacturer of radio frequency and digital signal processing systems headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, is positioned as a prime contractor under this vehicle. The initial task order, titled "SHIELD Initial Order," was awarded on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of five hundred dollars and firm fixed-price pricing, with performance at Huntsville, Alabama through December 28, 2035. The SHIELD contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple NAICS codes. Individual task orders will be issued under various contract types, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure integrated solutions for multi-layered homeland defense requirements spanning all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats.