Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF804

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to MSI Defense Solutions LLC on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This ten-year contract, valued at $151 billion and extending through December 28, 2035, procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and supports both classified and unclassified programs through a flexible ordering mechanism that allows the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders across multiple contract types and North American Industry Classification System codes. MSI Defense Solutions LLC, a North Carolina-based defense contractor specializing in design, development, engineering, fabrication, and systems integration, is positioned as a prime contractor on this vehicle alongside other qualifying offerors.

The initial delivery order under this contract, valued at five hundred dollars and also awarded on December 29, 2025, supports the SHIELD Initial Order with performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The broader contract scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to support national defense objectives against advanced aerial attacks, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection for the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. This comprehensive contracting vehicle represents a significant long-term investment structured to address multi-domain defense requirements through flexible task order issuance and rapid response capabilities.