Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF647

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to True Anomaly, Inc. with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the development, prototyping, and deployment of advanced defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the U.S. homeland and allied forces across all phases of flight. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, permitting qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the flexible IDIQ structure. True Anomaly, Inc., a specialized technology firm with demonstrated expertise in advanced aerospace, artificial intelligence, and tactical defense systems, was selected as a prime contractor based on its technical capabilities and experience delivering innovative space operations and defense technologies.

Work under this contract encompasses research and development, disruptive technology development, systems engineering, weapon design, prototyping, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple classification levels and security domains. The initial task order, issued December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars and performance at the contractor's facility in Huntsville, Alabama, represents the commencement of SHIELD operations. The contract vehicle is structured to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue individualized task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and NAICS codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a unified, scalable contracting mechanism for national defense requirements.