Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG069

KGS LLC was awarded a $151 billion multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with performance through December 28, 2035. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to procure advanced defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, and allied partners. The contract encompasses a broad scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity initiatives, and modernization efforts across multiple classification levels and security domains. This full and open competition vehicle was structured to accommodate multiple prime contractors and allows the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders under a flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism.

The initial task order issued to KGS LLC under the SHIELD IDIQ, valued at five hundred dollars with firm fixed price terms, is designated the SHIELD Initial Order, with performance to be completed by December 28, 2035 at the Huntsville, Alabama location. The SHIELD contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances. KGS LLC's demonstrated expertise in space-based communications, satellite architectures, and advanced prototyping positions the contractor to contribute to the Missile Defense Agency's multi-layered homeland defense objectives through this significant 10-year contracting vehicle, which represents a substantial long-term federal investment in national defense capabilities.