Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF966

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Stress Aerospace And Defense, LLC on January 21, 2026, with an anticipated ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract, employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract was issued through a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with a final Request for Proposal released in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. The awardee was selected based on submission of a technically acceptable proposal demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii), which permits awards to all qualifying responsible sources meeting solicitation requirements.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, the prime contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to deliver an advanced, multi-domain defense system supporting national defense objectives. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract is structured to support detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as advanced aerial attacks threatening the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and security classification levels, leveraging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous layered protection across all flight phases.