Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF619

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Trident Technologies, LLC on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract was awarded without competition restrictions, allowing all qualified contractors meeting the technical and pricing criteria to receive awards under this flexible vehicle, which is designed to serve as a comprehensive contracting solution for the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities requiring rapid issuance of orders for advanced defense capabilities.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures 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. Work performed under this contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. The initial delivery order issued to Trident Technologies on December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars, is classified as the SHIELD Initial Order and is performed in Huntsville, Alabama. 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, representing a significant long-term investment in integrated air and missile defense capabilities for the nation's defense infrastructure.