Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG237

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to NEC National Security Systems, Inc., with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract employs full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing the government to issue task and delivery orders to all qualifying contractors for advanced multi-domain defense system capabilities. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related services necessary to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. Work areas specifically address ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats throughout all phases of flight, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial task order, SHIELD Initial Order, was awarded to NEC National Security Systems, Inc. on December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama.

NEC National Security Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of NEC Corporation headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, brings specialized expertise in advanced biometric identification systems and federal information technology services to this defense contracting vehicle. The company's prior experience supporting Department of Homeland Security identity management initiatives and its technical capabilities in complex federal systems position it to support MDA's layered defense procurement objectives. The SHIELD contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains at varying classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for contractor performance. This long-term contracting mechanism consolidates MDA's procurement strategy for advanced homeland and theater defense capabilities, enabling rapid issuance of individual orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and contract types to address evolving national security requirements over the ten-year performance period.