Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG167

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Air Space Intelligence Federal, Inc. on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract vehicle carries a $151 billion ceiling value with a 10-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The procurement was conducted under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution designed to enable the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders across multiple work categories. The contract supports national defense objectives by establishing a flexible mechanism for procuring advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, Air Space Intelligence Federal, Inc. received an initial firm fixed price delivery order valued at $500 with a completion date of December 28, 2035, for work to be performed in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract encompasses a broad range of activities including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. The contract structure is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and may require appropriate facility clearances depending on classification levels, enabling the government to address the nation's multi-layered defense requirements through a single comprehensive contracting vehicle.