Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG057

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Gan Corporation, a minority-owned small business based in Huntsville, Alabama, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), was awarded on December 29, 2025, without set-aside provisions, utilizing full and open competition. The contract vehicle is structured to enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders across various contract types and classification levels, supporting both classified and unclassified programs. The initial task order, issued as a firm fixed price delivery order with a ceiling value of $500, specifies the place of performance as Huntsville, Alabama.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ contract, Gan Corporation will provide comprehensive products and services encompassing research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization for an advanced multi-domain defense system. The procurement aims to develop capabilities for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued at varying contract types and NAICS codes as required, with facilities requiring appropriate security clearances for classified work. This ten-year contracting mechanism represents a significant long-term investment in national multi-layered defense capabilities and infrastructure modernization.