Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF472

Rocket Lab USA Inc. (Rocket Lab Space Systems) has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an award date of December 29, 2025, and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance. This full and open competition procurement utilized no set-aside designations and was structured to award to all qualifying offerors meeting responsibility standards and submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. The solicitation, released as a pre-solicitation notice on May 21, 2025, with draft materials in late July 2025 and final release anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, was administered under Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii).

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures 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 is designed to deliver detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all flight phases, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense, protecting the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains at various classification levels. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize multiple contract types across numerous NAICS codes, enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under this flexible contracting mechanism for comprehensive multi-layered defense requirements.