Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF835

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Ridgeline International, LLC on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ vehicle. This $151 billion contract, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, represents a comprehensive 10-year procurement mechanism designed to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. The contract enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders across multiple work domains, including research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology development. Ridgeline International, headquartered in West McLean, Virginia, will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to contract performance under a no-set-aside, full and open competition framework that qualifies all responsible sources submitting technically acceptable and fairly priced proposals.

The SHIELD IDIQ was competitively solicited through full and open competition, with the pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, and the final Request for Proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for various task orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Ridgeline International's selection as a multiple awardee reflects its established federal contracting experience in cybersecurity, force protection, training delivery, and specialized technical services across the Department of the Army, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of the Air Force, positioning the contractor to contribute to this strategic long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities.