Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG269

Hythe Research LLC, a woman-owned, HUBZone-certified small business, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award IDIQ, represents a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside restrictions. The contract supports the Department of Defense's national defense objectives by providing 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 partners across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

Under this contract vehicle, the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities will issue task and delivery orders for a comprehensive range of products and services spanning research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related advanced defense capabilities. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As the prime contractor, Hythe Research LLC will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance, drawing upon its existing expertise in technical services, logistics support, and equipment maintenance for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense programs and its current portfolio of four prime indefinite delivery contracts with combined ceiling values exceeding $6 billion.