Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG207

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Intuitive Machines, LLC and other qualifying contractors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The $151 billion ceiling contract, awarded December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, procures an advanced multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. No set-aside was utilized, allowing full and open competition among qualified contractors. Intuitive Machines, as a Houston-based space exploration company with significant federal contracting experience in advanced space technologies and engineering services, was selected as one of the multiple awardees.

The initial delivery order under the SHIELD contract was issued on December 29, 2025, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense initial order with a $500 ceiling value and firm fixed price contract type, with performance through December 28, 2035. The place of performance is designated as Huntsville, Alabama. Under the Multiple Award IDIQ structure, individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may require different security clearance levels to support both classified and unclassified programs. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a comprehensive contracting solution enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders addressing the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.