Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG121

Two Six Labs, LLC, doing business as Two Six Technologies, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, with a $151 billion ceiling and performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The award was made on December 29, 2025, with no set-aside designation, reflecting full and open competition among qualified contractors. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization services supporting multi-domain defense capabilities. Work under the SHIELD IDIQ will address detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight.

An initial Firm Fixed Price delivery order valued at $500 was issued on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD Initial Order, with performance centered in Huntsville, Alabama. The underlying solicitation, released as a pre-solicitation notice on May 21, 2025, with a final Request for Proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, establishes a government-wide contracting mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders across multiple contract types and classification levels. The contract vehicle is structured to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning it as a comprehensive acquisition solution for the nation's layered defense requirements supporting both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains.