Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF963

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to 1Aardvark, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a $151 billion ceiling value with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, and was awarded on December 29, 2025, without set-aside restrictions under full and open competition. The contract is designed to serve as a comprehensive, enterprise-wide contracting vehicle enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced, multi-domain defense system development, production, and support. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across classified and unclassified programs.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures capabilities to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. An initial delivery order was issued on December 29, 2025, valued at $500 with performance located in Huntsville, Alabama, utilizing firm fixed price contracting. The contract structure accommodates individual task and delivery orders using various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with orders issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This procurement represents a significant long-term investment in the nation's integrated air and missile defense requirements.