Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF783

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to 1ST Edge LLC and other qualifying contractors on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This procurement, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense system acquisition vehicle designed to provide continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured to support both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains, with individual task and delivery orders potentially issued at varying classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

Under this indefinite delivery contract, 1ST Edge LLC and other awardees will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the government's defense objectives across multiple work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract leverages advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support the Missile Defense Agency's long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities. As a small business entity based in Huntsville, Alabama, with demonstrated expertise in space and missile defense programs developed through prior work with the Space and Missile Defense Command and previous Small Business Innovation Research contracts, 1ST Edge LLC is positioned to contribute specialized engineering and software capabilities to support the SHIELD program's multi-layered defense requirements.