Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF955

Global Business Solutions, LLC (doing business as Acceletrain) was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling value and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and allows multiple award recipients to compete for task orders under the flexible IDIQ structure.

An initial firm-fixed-price delivery order valued at $500 was issued on December 29, 2025, with performance in Huntsville, Alabama, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Initial Order. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes, with resultant contracts potentially issuing orders at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This 10-year contract represents a significant long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities, positioning SHIELD as a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.