Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG182

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract valued at $151 billion to Integral Engineering Group, LLC, a woman-owned small business headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, effective January 21, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract, procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance of this requirement. The procurement was conducted under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii), which permits awards to all responsible sources submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing.

Work areas under the SHIELD contract encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with potential classification at different security levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. Integral Engineering Group's selection reflects its demonstrated capability in advanced engineering and technical services, including prior aerospace and defense work such as thermal management systems development for military applications, positioning the firm to contribute to this comprehensive long-term investment in multi-layered homeland defense requirements.