Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG174

Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, L.L.C., a tribally-owned small disadvantaged business and certified 8(a) contractor, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), supports the Missile Defense Agency's mission to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work under this contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple threat domains including air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats at all phases of flight.

The SHIELD IDIQ was awarded under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, enabling multiple qualifying offerors to receive awards and issue task orders as required. The initial task order issued to Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs carries a ceiling value of $500 and has a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, where the Missile Defense Agency maintains significant operational facilities. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This contracting vehicle represents a comprehensive, flexible mechanism designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure integrated defense solutions over the 10-year performance period.