Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF773

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Active Deployment Systems, LLC, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, without set-asides under full and open competition mechanisms. The contract vehicle, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was developed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology development to address air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense.

Active Deployment Systems will furnish all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to contract performance under the terms and conditions established for individual task and delivery orders issued by the Missile Defense Agency. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with individual orders utilizing various contract types and potentially requiring facility clearances at different classification levels. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The SHIELD IDIQ represents a 10-year comprehensive contracting solution designed to enable rapid order issuance and flexible procurement mechanisms to support the nation's layered defense requirements across the Department of Defense enterprise.