Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF693

Virtualitics Inc. has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), was awarded on December 29, 2025, through full and open competition with no set-asides. Under this IDIQ vehicle, Virtualitics will provide comprehensive materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support the government's multi-domain defense objectives. The initial task order, awarded on the same date with a ceiling value of $500, represents the SHIELD Initial Order and is located in Huntsville, Alabama, utilizing firm fixed-price delivery order pricing.

The SHIELD contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, and production activities for an advanced multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. The scope encompasses protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all flight phases, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work areas include disruptive technology development, weapon system design, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with performance capabilities spanning both classified and unclassified security domains. This procurement represents a significant long-term investment in layered homeland defense capabilities, positioning the government to rapidly issue multiple task orders across various contract types and classification levels to support comprehensive national defense requirements.