Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF863

Systematic Inc., doing business as Systematic Software Engineering Inc., was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, issued without set-aside designations under full and open competition, establishes a flexible contracting vehicle enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract encompasses a comprehensive scope spanning research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to develop 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 initial task order under the SHIELD IDIQ, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a $500 firm fixed price ceiling and is scheduled for completion by December 28, 2035, with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. As an established provider of command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) software solutions to the Department of Defense, Systematic Inc. brings specialized expertise in battle management systems, tactical communications, and command and control functions. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning it as a comprehensive long-term contracting mechanism for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements against contemporary and emerging threats to the homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations.