Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG081

Zephon LLC, a small disadvantaged and SBA 8(a) certified business headquartered in McKinney, Texas, 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 a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to procure advanced systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and employs a multiple-award structure allowing the government to issue various task and delivery orders at different classification levels across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses an expansive scope including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization initiatives. The initial delivery order issued to Zephon LLC under this vehicle has a ceiling value of $500 and is firm fixed price, with performance location in Huntsville, Alabama. Work under the contract vehicle will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support national defense objectives across the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities. The contract structure enables rapid issuance of orders to support both classified and unclassified programs, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a foundational contracting mechanism for the nation's layered homeland and force defense requirements over the 10-year period of performance.