Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF526

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Scale AI, Inc. valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, procures advanced multi-domain defense system capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract supports integrated air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight, as well as advanced aerial attacks threatening U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, with task and delivery orders issued at varying classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

Scale AI, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence and machine learning company with established expertise in autonomous technologies, computer vision, natural language processing, and defense modernization, received the initial task order valued at $500 under a Firm Fixed Price pricing structure, with performance at the contractor's location in Huntsville, Alabama. The initial delivery order, designated the SHIELD Initial Order, was awarded on December 29, 2025, coinciding with the IDV award date. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue scaled orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism, positioning this IDIQ as a comprehensive long-term investment in the nation's integrated multi-layered defense requirements.