Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG064

Autonodyne LLC, Massachusetts Division (UEI: TFK5RPLVZ248) was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling value and performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement designed to develop and deliver advanced systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across all phases of flight. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, with individual task orders potentially issued at various classification levels and utilizing different contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes.

The initial task order issued under this IDV is the SHIELD Initial Order, valued at $500, with performance at Autonodyne's Huntsville, Alabama facility, utilizing firm fixed price arrangements. The SHIELD IDIQ leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. As a recognized innovator in autonomous systems and defense technology, Autonodyne's selection reflects its established expertise in advanced software development, artificial intelligence, human-machine interface systems, and collaborative tactical autonomy. The contract structure enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a single flexible contracting mechanism, establishing SHIELD as a strategic long-term investment vehicle for the nation's layered defense architecture modernization and development efforts.