Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF794

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Redwire Space Missions LLC and other qualified contractors on January 21, 2026, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This $151 billion contract vehicle, with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, represents a 10-year investment in advanced multi-domain defense capabilities. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and will be awarded to all responsible offerors submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. Performance will encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across classified and unclassified security domains. The work supports national defense objectives by developing detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends.

Under this contract structure, the government will issue individual task and delivery orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract supports both classified and unclassified programs, with task orders potentially issued at varying classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. While no specific task orders or pricing lists were identified in the pre-solicitation notice released on May 21, 2025, the notice indicates that performance capabilities will address threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contractor is required to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with individual order terms. This comprehensive contracting vehicle positions the SHIELD IDIQ as a flexible, long-term mechanism enabling rapid ordering and capability development across the Department of Defense for multi-layered homeland defense requirements.