Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF458

Resilient Cognitive Solutions LLC, a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted in May 2025. This procurement vehicle, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), is structured to provide 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, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

The contract encompasses a comprehensive scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The initial delivery order under this IDIQ, awarded on December 29, 2025, with a nominal ceiling value of $500 and firm fixed price pricing, establishes the SHIELD Initial Order baseline. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and the contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs utilizing advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes with different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances, positioning this IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements over the ten-year period of performance.