Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF939

CAE USA Inc., operating through its Link Training & Simulation Division, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery contract valued at $151 billion by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ initiative, a comprehensive multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to provide advanced capabilities for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense domains and other advanced aerial defense applications.

The initial task order, titled the SHIELD Initial Order, was awarded on the same date with a ceiling value of $500 (firm fixed price) and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. This delivery order represents the first implementation under the broader IDIQ framework, which is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs utilizing various contract types, pricing mechanisms, and security classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders across multiple NAICS codes under one flexible contracting mechanism. As an established large defense contractor with extensive expertise in training systems, simulation technologies, and defense engineering, CAE USA Inc. is positioned to deliver complex, scalable solutions supporting the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.