Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF717

Acro Systems Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and performance through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement mechanism designed to support national defense objectives through advanced detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related capabilities across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations.

Individual task and delivery orders under the SHIELD IDIQ will employ various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As a multiple-award IDIQ, the contract was structured to allow the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing. The contract vehicle is positioned to support both classified and unclassified defense programs across multiple security domains, establishing a long-term strategic procurement solution for the nation's layered homeland defense requirements over the 10-year performance period.