Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF712

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Athenium LLC (doing business as Athenium Analytics) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle designed to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract enables the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities. Athenium LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Dover, New Hampshire, was awarded the initial task order on December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars for the SHIELD initial order, with performance to be completed in Huntsville, Alabama.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, the government procures research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for a multi-layered defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The contract supports national defense objectives by providing continuous protection against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. Work under the IDIQ will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task and delivery orders structured across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and classification levels. The contract vehicle is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs, requiring appropriate facility clearances for contractors performing work at various security levels.