Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG011

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract is a multiple award, full and open competition procurement issued by the Missile Defense Agency with a $151 billion ceiling and ten-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. AD HOC Research Associates LLC, a minority-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Belcamp, Maryland, received award on December 29, 2025, as one of multiple qualified contractors selected under this vehicle. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains and anticipates issuance of individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and pricing mechanisms. AD HOC's initial delivery order, the SHIELD Initial Order, is valued at five hundred dollars on a firm fixed price basis with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, and completion by December 28, 2035.

The SHIELD contract vehicle procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capability designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. Contract work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both Missile Defense Agency priorities and broader Department of Defense requirements. As a systems engineering and professional services firm with substantial experience in cybersecurity testing, artificial intelligence evaluation, and research and development, AD HOC Research Associates is positioned to compete for future task orders supporting these multi-layered homeland defense objectives.