Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG041

Punch Cyber Corp has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice issued May 21, 2025, and anticipated solicitation release in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Under this vehicle, Punch Cyber Corp and other qualifying contractors will support the MDA's mission to procure advanced defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to U.S. homeland, deployed forces, and allies across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts related to multi-layered defense against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles and advanced aerial attacks. The initial task order issued to Punch Cyber Corp under this IDIQ is the SHIELD Initial Order, a firm fixed-price delivery order with a $500 ceiling value and place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, with completion targeted for December 28, 2035. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, and will allow the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism.