Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG285

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories Inc., doing business as GTL Company, on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract has a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition procurement with no set-asides, structured to support both classified and unclassified defense initiatives across multiple security domains. GTL Company, a small business aerospace manufacturer based in Tullahoma, Tennessee, will serve as one of multiple prime contractors selected to provide comprehensive defense solutions under this enterprise-wide contracting vehicle.

Under the SHIELD contract, GTL Company will deliver research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization services for an advanced multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The work encompasses protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all flight phases, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense. The initial task order, valued at five hundred dollars and awarded simultaneously on December 29, 2025, establishes the foundation for subsequent delivery orders under the IDIQ structure. GTL Company will perform work at Valley Head, Alabama, leveraging its expertise in advanced propulsion systems, cryogenic storage, materials science, and sensor technologies while incorporating emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support the nation's layered defense requirements.