Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF997

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Duality Systems LLC, a Women-Owned Small Business based in Monument, Colorado, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a full and open competition with no set-asides. Under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ vehicle, Duality Systems LLC will provide materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The initial delivery order, issued under a Firm Fixed Price structure with a ceiling of $500, addresses the SHIELD Initial Order with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ represents a comprehensive contracting mechanism designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight. The contract vehicle supports multiple work areas including disruptive technologies, digital engineering, and modernization initiatives, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. Given Duality Systems LLC's demonstrated expertise in artificial intelligence-powered scheduling and optimization solutions developed through prior Small Business Innovation Research contracts, the contractor is positioned to contribute specialized decision support and operations analytics capabilities to support the Missile Defense Agency's multi-layered defense objectives under this expansive, long-term contracting vehicle.