Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF448

Rocket Communications, Inc., a Small Business Administration-certified women-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 a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. Under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract vehicle, Rocket Communications will provide research and development, systems engineering, prototyping, and advanced technology solutions supporting multi-domain defense capabilities. The contract encompasses work across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, including detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of threats across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The initial delivery order issued under this IDIQ, valued at $500 and awarded on the same date, is titled "SHIELD Initial Order" with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ represents a comprehensive, multi-award contracting vehicle structured to support classified and unclassified national defense programs through full and open competition without set-aside restrictions. Beyond the initial task order, the vehicle is designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, modernization efforts, and disruptive technologies leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract's ten-year scope and substantial ceiling value position it as a strategic procurement mechanism for advancing layered homeland defense capabilities and supporting continuous protection of the United States, deployed forces, and allies against evolving advanced aerial threats. Work will be performed across multiple security classification levels and NAICS codes, requiring appropriate facility clearances for contractor performance.