Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF617

Think Tank, Incorporated, a Women-Owned Small Business certified contractor located in Silver Spring, Maryland, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $151 billion by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025. The contract, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, establishes a 10-year Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity vehicle structured to procure advanced multi-domain defense systems. The SHIELD IDIQ contract supports comprehensive national defense objectives through the development, prototyping, systems engineering, production, and test and evaluation of integrated defense capabilities designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. Work scope encompasses research and development activities, disruptive technology initiatives, weapon design, cybersecurity enhancements, and modernization efforts utilizing advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The initial delivery order issued under the SHIELD IDIQ contract is valued at $500 and designated as the SHIELD Initial Order, with performance to occur in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract was awarded under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, establishing a multiple-award vehicle that permits the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue task orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and security classification levels. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types and pricing structures to support both classified and unclassified defense programs. The solicitation was initially released as a pre-solicitation notice on May 21, 2025, with the draft solicitation released in late July 2025 and the final request for proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, with all potential offerors required to maintain active System for Award Management registration.