Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG140

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Torch Technologies Inc., an employee-owned small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, awarded December 29, 2025, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense system procurement designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ. The contract vehicle is structured to support advanced defense capabilities across research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Work will address detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense. The contract is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The initial delivery order under this IDIQ, awarded concurrently on December 29, 2025, is valued at five hundred dollars under firm fixed price terms and represents the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initial order, with performance located in Huntsville, Alabama. As a prime contractor with substantial experience in defense and aerospace technical services, Torch Technologies brings demonstrated expertise in modeling and simulation, software engineering, systems engineering, hardware-in-the-loop simulation development, and research and development support. The contractor will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to contract performance. This IDIQ vehicle enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders across multiple contract types and classifications, establishing a flexible contracting mechanism for long-term investment in the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.