Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF558

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $151 billion to Tacg, LLC, an Alaska Native Tribal Owned, SBA Certified 8(a) Program Participant headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), was awarded on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue multiple task and delivery orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts supporting the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.

The SHIELD contract is structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract supports national defense objectives by providing continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. The initial task order, valued at $500 (Firm Fixed Price), was awarded concurrently on December 29, 2025, with performance to be completed at Huntsville, Alabama by December 28, 2035. The contract vehicle 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 across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes.