Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF499

SES Space & Defense, Inc. (doing business as SES World Skies US Government Solution) has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, is structured to support the development, procurement, and sustainment of advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and contemplates awards to all qualifying responsible sources submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. The initial delivery order, valued at $500 (firm fixed price), was awarded on January 21, 2026, for the SHIELD initial order with performance based in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD contract encompasses a comprehensive scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and sustainment efforts across multiple technical domains. Work areas address layered defense against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The contract vehicle is designed to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with the capability to issue individual task and delivery orders under various contract types and classification levels to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. This indefinite delivery structure enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism over the extended ten-year performance period.