Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG008

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Matrix Research Inc. on December 29, 2025, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the development, prototyping, systems engineering, production, test and evaluation, and modernization of advanced defense capabilities. The contract encompasses a broad spectrum of work areas including research and development of disruptive technologies, weapon design, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts targeting detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The procurement utilized full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing multiple qualified contractors to compete for individual task and delivery orders issued under this flexible contracting vehicle.

The initial delivery order issued to Matrix Research Inc., valued at $500 under firm fixed price terms, represents the SHIELD Initial Order with performance in Huntsville, Alabama. Matrix Research Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Beavercreek, Ohio, brings substantial expertise in advanced radar systems, sensing technologies, machine learning, and electronic intelligence developed through prior work with the Air Force Research Laboratory and other defense agencies. The SHIELD IDIQ structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, enabling rapid task order issuance to support the Missile Defense Agency's multi-layered homeland defense objectives across the ten-year ordering period.