Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG116

Photon Pflux, LLC (UEI: NTHUH8FRVT18) 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 utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses a broad range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple security classifications and facility clearance levels. The solicitation was issued as a pre-solicitation notice on May 21, 2025, with a due date of September 15, 2025, and the final Request for Proposal was anticipated for release in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract is structured to support multi-domain defense capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work will be performed at multiple locations, with the initial task order for the SHIELD initial order valued at $500 and performed in Huntsville, Alabama 35898. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract represents a significant long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities, allowing the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a flexible contracting mechanism over the 10-year period of performance.