Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG127

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Thmg Inc. (doing business as The Garrett Group) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This unrestricted, full and open competition contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system called the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) platform, designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and capabilities addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

An initial delivery order titled SHIELD Initial Order was awarded to Thmg Inc. on December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars and a completion date of December 28, 2035, for performance in Huntsville, Alabama. As a veteran-owned small business, Thmg Inc. brings substantial experience providing professional services to Department of Defense entities, particularly the United States Strategic Command, with demonstrated capabilities in advisory services, engineering support, intelligence analysis, systems engineering, and technical personnel across multiple functional domains. The contract structure allows the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders under this flexible indefinite delivery mechanism, with individual orders potentially utilizing various contract types and classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This procurement represents a significant long-term federal investment in comprehensive, multi-layered homeland defense capabilities and strategic deterrence.