Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF829

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Purple Rhombus LLC and other qualifying contractors on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master contract vehicle. This ten-year contract, valued at $151 billion 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 to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract supports research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all responsible contractors with technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing to receive multiple awards. Individual task orders and delivery orders will employ various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and classification levels, requiring contractors to maintain appropriate facility clearances for both classified and unclassified program support.

Under the contract terms, Purple Rhombus LLC and other awarded contractors are obligated to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required for performance in accordance with individual orders issued under the SHIELD IDIQ vehicle. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver comprehensive layered defense capabilities. As a small business based in Austin, Texas, Purple Rhombus LLC brings specialized expertise in autonomous systems and defense-related technologies to support the Missile Defense Agency's long-term strategic objective of establishing a flexible, scalable contracting mechanism for rapid deployment of modern defense solutions. The SHIELD contract represents a significant federal investment in homeland defense infrastructure and positions the awarded contractors to support multiple ordering periods and ongoing modernization efforts throughout the performance period.