Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF941

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Altagrove LLC on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle structured to support national defense objectives through the development, integration, and deployment of advanced defense systems. The contract employs full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualifying contractors to compete for task orders. Altagrove, a District of Columbia-based SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business, brings relevant experience in test and evaluation services, systems integration, advanced battle management system services, and weapons testing support previously delivered to the Air Force and Navy.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, the government intends to procure an integrated multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains throughout all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related capabilities. The contract vehicle is engineered to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. An initial delivery order for the SHIELD program, valued at $500 (firm fixed price), was issued on December 29, 2025, with performance to be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama. Individual task and delivery orders under the IDIQ will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms across multiple NAICS codes, with orders potentially classified at different security levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.