Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG236

Telesat U.S. Services LLC was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling value and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system. The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains throughout all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, cruise, and advanced aerial threats. The initial delivery order issued under this IDIQ was awarded on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 on a firm fixed-price basis and place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama.

The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As the prime contractor, Telesat U.S. Services LLC—a foreign-owned provider of global satellite services—will coordinate delivery of capabilities to support MDA's layered defense objectives over the ten-year ordering period. The contract allows the government to issue multiple task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and pricing mechanisms, with individual orders potentially classified at different security levels and requiring appropriate facility clearances. This IDIQ structure enables MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a flexible contracting mechanism, positioning SHIELD as a significant long-term investment in the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.