Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF442

Research Support Instruments, Inc. was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, as part of the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ. The contract has a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This award represents one of multiple prime contractors selected under full and open competition without set-asides. Under this IDIQ vehicle, Research Support Instruments, Inc. will be positioned to receive task orders and delivery orders for products and services supporting the government's multi-domain defense requirements across the contract's 10-year base ordering period.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement is structured to procure advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract supports detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with the contract structured to support both classified and unclassified programs at multiple security classification levels. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this vehicle will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly access contracting capabilities for homeland defense modernization initiatives.