Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG038

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to DPA Labs, Inc., a minority-owned small business specializing in semiconductor testing and qualification services. The contract, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance through December 28, 2035, supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program—an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. DPA Labs will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support contract performance. The initial task order, valued at $500 and awarded on December 29, 2025, is designated as the SHIELD Initial Order with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. This represents a full and open competition solicitation with no set-asides, under which DPA Labs was selected as one of multiple contractors qualified to receive orders.

The SHIELD contract encompasses a comprehensive range of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The procurement addresses multi-domain threats spanning air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract structure leverages advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, and is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances across multiple security levels. As a subcontractor on previous programs with major defense primes including Lockheed Martin, L3Harris Technologies, and Northrop Grumman, DPA Labs brings relevant experience in integrated circuit testing, qualification, pedigree validation, and electronic component performance analysis essential to advanced defense systems.