Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG308

Hughes Network Systems LLC, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation and a large business prime contractor, was awarded a $151 billion Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a comprehensive 10-year contracting vehicle designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders for advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The initial task order under the SHIELD IDIQ, valued at five hundred dollars, was awarded to Hughes on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD Initial Order with a firm fixed-price arrangement and performance location in Huntsville, Alabama. Individual delivery orders under the contract will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may be issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This IDIQ vehicle reflects a significant long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities, positioning Hughes as a foundational technology provider within the Missile Defense Agency's multi-layered defense requirements and enabling the rapid procurement and deployment of advanced defense technologies throughout the government contracting base.