Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG043

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Edaptive Computing Inc. (UEI: ULSZZUD8P7W7) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contract is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

An initial delivery order, valued at $500 and designated the SHIELD Initial Order, was issued on December 29, 2025, with the same December 28, 2035 completion date and firm fixed price contract type. Performance is to occur in Huntsville, Alabama. Given Edaptive Computing's existing expertise in microelectronics, machine learning, cyber security, and hardware verification—demonstrated through over $90 million in prior Small Business Innovation Research awards and a $200 million Air Force Research Laboratory contract—the company is positioned to deliver systems engineering and technology development services under this SHIELD IDIQ vehicle. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this contract structure will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may require appropriate facility clearances for classified work at different security levels.