Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF674

Veterans First Initiative LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Haymarket, Virginia, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on January 21, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, valued at $151 billion, represents a 10-year period of performance with no set-aside designation, utilizing full and open competition. The contract vehicle, designated SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense), is structured to procure advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. VFI will furnish all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support contract performance in accordance with individual task and delivery orders issued under this enterprise-wide vehicle.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses a comprehensive scope spanning research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts targeting air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense. The contract vehicle is engineered to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will leverage emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and may require facility clearances appropriate to resultant classification levels, positioning this vehicle as a flexible contracting mechanism enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly execute critical national defense initiatives.