Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF989

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Idirect Government, LLC (IGT) 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 structured to support advanced capabilities in detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and is designed to accommodate classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains and facility clearance levels. IGT, a satellite-based secure communications specialist headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, was selected as a prime contractor based on its demonstrated expertise in government communications infrastructure and technical support services.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology development to counter air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial task order, issued simultaneously with the contract award, carries a firm fixed price of $500 and specifies Huntsville, Alabama as the place of performance. Individual task and delivery orders under this IDIQ will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism to support ongoing national defense objectives over the 10-year performance period.