Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF578

Universities Space Research Association (USRA) was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This parent contract, valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract requires USRA to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the MDA's multi-domain defense objectives, with individual task and delivery orders to be issued across multiple contract types and NAICS codes.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures advanced capabilities for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and support for all flight phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This procurement represents a comprehensive, long-term contracting mechanism enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible vehicle for national defense capabilities.