Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF653

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was issued under full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualifying and responsible offerors to compete for multiple awards. The contract was established to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The funding agency is the Missile Defense Agency, a defense-focused federal entity.

The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related efforts utilizing advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) for contractor registration and eligibility. An initial delivery order under the SHIELD program was awarded on December 29, 2025, with performance to be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama, under a firm fixed-price pricing model. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this IDIQ will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes, with potential classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances, positioning this contract vehicle as a comprehensive, long-term solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.