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The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Data Machines Corp. and other qualifying contractors on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the nation's layered missile and air defense capabilities across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats, as well as cyber and hybrid threats. The contract was awarded under full and open competition with no set-asides, enabling all responsible, qualified contractors registered in the System for Award Management to compete for task orders. Data Machines Corp., a Reston, Virginia-based research and development services provider specializing in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced technology solutions for defense organizations, is one of the awarded contractors.

Under this IDV vehicle, the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities are authorized to issue task orders for research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and digital engineering services. The initial task order awarded to Data Machines Corp. on December 29, 2025, valued at $500, is structured as a firm fixed price delivery order with performance in Huntsville, Alabama, and extends through December 28, 2035. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and allows flexibility in contract type designation and security classification levels for individual orders, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a strategic long-term contracting mechanism for advancing integrated air and missile defense capabilities.