Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG005

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a multiple-award, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Saber Astronautics, LLC, a veteran-owned small business based in Boulder, Colorado, on December 29, 2025. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition procurement, with no set-aside designations, was structured to enable MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for an advanced, multi-domain defense system. Saber Astronautics will serve as one of multiple awardees capable of providing comprehensive research and development, systems engineering, prototyping, and production support across the contract's scope.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, Saber Astronautics will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the development and implementation of layered defense capabilities addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies. The initial delivery order, awarded December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 (firm fixed price) and relates to the SHIELD initiative with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract encompasses research and development, disruptive technologies, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, with the potential to issue orders across multiple classification levels and security domains. The vehicle is designed to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.