Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF473

Rivertech LLC, an Alaska Native Corporation-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 an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, supports the nation's multi-layered defense objectives by procuring advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

An initial Firm Fixed Price delivery order valued at five hundred dollars was awarded to Rivertech on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD Initial Order with performance in Huntsville, Alabama, and completion by December 28, 2035. Individual task and delivery orders under the IDIQ will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and may be issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This procurement represents a significant long-term investment in the Missile Defense Agency's enterprise-wide contracting strategy, enabling rapid issuance of orders under a flexible contract mechanism to support multi-layered homeland defense and national security requirements across the Department of Defense and related entities.