Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG059

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to 4M Research, Inc., a women-owned small business based in Huntsville, Alabama, valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a comprehensive procurement vehicle designed to support the nation's multi-layered air and missile defense requirements. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related activities to develop advanced, multi-domain defense capabilities capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing multiple qualified contractors to compete for task orders throughout the contract period.

4M Research was issued an initial delivery order under the SHIELD IDIQ on December 29, 2025, for unspecified work with a ceiling value of five hundred dollars and identical completion date of December 28, 2035, with performance to be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama. The underlying SHIELD contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders issued under the IDIQ will utilize various contract types and multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with potential classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This indefinite delivery structure provides the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with a flexible contracting mechanism to rapidly issue orders addressing homeland defense capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations.