Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG091

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program by the Missile Defense Agency. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion over a 10-year period of performance, with an award date of December 29, 2025, and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-asides, structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. Under the contract terms, Northrop Grumman shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to perform the work, with individual task and delivery orders potentially utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and potentially requiring different security clearance levels.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders through a flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism. This procurement represents a significant long-term investment in comprehensive, layered homeland defense capabilities and reflects the government's strategy to modernize its multi-domain defense infrastructure through innovative technological solutions.