Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF845

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Shift5, Inc. with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This indefinite delivery vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract, was awarded without set-asides on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice issued in May 2025. The contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement mechanism designed to support national defense objectives through the development, prototyping, production, and modernization of advanced homeland defense capabilities. Shift5, Inc., a defense technology contractor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, was selected as one of multiple awardees under this full and open competition structure.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ contract, Shift5 will provide materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to deliver advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. Work areas encompass research and development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and prototyping of disruptive technologies addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs at multiple security levels, with individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and potentially leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This ten-year contract positions Shift5 to compete for task orders across the Missile Defense Agency's enterprise-wide defense modernization requirements.