Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG265

Ark Infotech LLC, an SBA-certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was awarded under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, enabling the government to issue multiple delivery orders to all qualifying contractors who submitted technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified national defense objectives across multiple domains, with individual task orders to be performed at various classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses a comprehensive suite of research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, and production services related to advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. Work areas include disruptive technologies development, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, with the contract structured to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial delivery order awarded to Ark Infotech, with a ceiling value of five hundred dollars and a firm fixed price structure, is designated for performance in Huntsville, Alabama, supporting the Missile Defense Agency's long-term investment in homeland and force protection capabilities across the Department of Defense enterprise.