Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF862

System High Corporation, headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract, which carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to address evolving national security threats. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue task and delivery orders for various classification levels and security domains. System High Corporation will furnish all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support contract performance in accordance with individual task order terms.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system architecture capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as air, space, and cyber threats. Individual task and delivery orders will span multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and utilize various contract types, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs, requiring appropriate facility clearances for performance at various security levels, and is positioned as a flexible long-term contracting mechanism to support the nation's layered homeland and force protection defense requirements.