Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF530

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Scatr Corp., a small business cybersecurity and software solutions firm, with an estimated ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, was awarded on December 29, 2025, based on a pre-solicitation released on May 21, 2025, with full and open competition and no set-aside designations. The contract utilizes a multiple award structure, allowing the government to issue task and delivery orders to qualifying contractors for an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners.

The scope of work under SHIELD encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts related to air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat mitigation across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Scatr Corp.'s participation leverages its specialized expertise in secure communications and advanced data protection technologies, supporting the technical infrastructure and cybersecurity components of the layered defense architecture. The initial task order awarded on December 29, 2025, for $500 under firm fixed-price pricing was designated for the SHIELD Initial Order, with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract structure accommodates various classification levels and facility clearance requirements, incorporates emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and machine learning, and is designed to support both classified and unclassified defense programs across multiple security domains.