Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG042

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Inhance Digital Corporation and other qualifying contractors on January 21, 2026, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This procurement, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract, utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle designed to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements. The contract was issued following a pre-solicitation notice posted May 21, 2025, with the final request for proposal released in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Prime contractors and awardees must maintain registration in the System for Award Management and appropriate facility clearances to support work across multiple security classification levels.

The SHIELD contract procures advanced, multi-domain defense systems and associated research, development, and modernization capabilities to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The scope encompasses ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, disruptive technologies, and prototyping activities. Individual task and delivery orders under this indefinite delivery vehicle will be issued across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may utilize various contract types to support both classified and unclassified programs. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide layered protection for the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all geographic domains.