Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG270

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Skyship Services Inc. on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a $151 billion ceiling value with performance extending through December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no socioeconomic set-asides. The contract enables the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue task orders for advanced multi-domain defense systems and capabilities designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and associated partners. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight.

The initial task order issued to Skyship Services Inc. under the SHIELD IDIQ, valued at $500 on a firm fixed price basis, became effective December 29, 2025, with performance completion scheduled for December 28, 2035, and place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and allows ordering activities to issue individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. Skyship Services Inc., a Winter Garden, Florida-based aerospace and defense contractor specializing in aerostat production, sustainment, and technical support services, will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to execute this national defense procurement, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.