Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG061

Discovery Machine Inc., a Women-Owned Small Business headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support national defense objectives through the development, integration, and delivery of advanced defense systems. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing multiple qualified contractors to compete for task orders across various security classifications and facility clearance requirements. Discovery Machine's existing expertise in artificial intelligence software development, advanced training solutions, and systems engineering—demonstrated through prior Department of Defense contracts and SeaPort Next Generation and Air Force IDIQ vehicles—positions the company to contribute to this enterprise-wide contracting mechanism.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for a multi-layered defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The initial task order awarded to Discovery Machine on December 29, 2025, is valued at $500 with performance in Huntsville, Alabama, under a Firm Fixed Price contract type, serving as the foundational delivery order under this expansive ten-year ordering vehicle. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging cutting-edge technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to enable rapid task order issuance and flexible procurement solutions across multiple Department of Defense entities and the Missile Defense Agency.