Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF658

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Zolon TECH Inc. on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This defense contract carries a $151 billion ceiling value with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract was awarded to a minority-owned information technology and managed services company headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, which specializes in delivering comprehensive IT professional services including cloud computing solutions, software development, cybersecurity, data management, infrastructure management, and technical support across federal agencies. The initial task order, valued at $500 (firm fixed-price), was issued on December 29, 2025, with performance taking place in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract serves as a comprehensive multi-domain defense contracting vehicle designed to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for advanced layered defense systems. The contract aims to procure capabilities for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends, addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This 10-year enterprise-wide contracting mechanism enables the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contract structure to support national defense objectives.