Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG224

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to C2Advantage, LLC on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This comprehensive defense procurement vehicle carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a 10-year performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The contract supports the nation's multi-domain defense objectives by procuring advanced capabilities for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping of disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts spanning ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missile, and advanced aerial defense applications. The SHIELD IDIQ utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing multiple contractors to compete and receive task orders under the flexible contracting mechanism.

C2Advantage, LLC, an SBA-certified 8A joint venture small business, received its initial delivery order under SHIELD on the same award date, valued at $500 for a firm fixed-price task order with performance in Huntsville, Alabama, extending through December 28, 2035. As the prime contractor, C2Advantage will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to task order performance in accordance with MDA-established terms. This initial order represents the commencement of what is anticipated to be a significant long-term engagement supporting the MDA's advanced defense technology modernization strategy. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a comprehensive, layered defense contracting solution.