Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF612

Templar LLC, a small business defense contractor based in Richmond, Indiana, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and is structured as an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity vehicle enabling rapid task order issuance across multiple contract types and security classification levels. The contract serves as an enterprise-wide contracting mechanism for the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to procure advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, Templar LLC is positioned to provide comprehensive defense solutions encompassing research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contracted scope addresses detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of threats to U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across all flight phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as advanced aerial and hybrid threats. Task orders will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with work potentially spanning multiple security domains and facility clearance requirements. Individual delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes, reflecting the contract's flexibility to support both classified and unclassified programs as national defense requirements evolve throughout the ten-year performance period.