Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG328

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Saalex Corp, doing business as Saalex Solutions Inc., effective December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition contract with no set-aside designations, carrying a ceiling value of $151 billion over the 10-year period of performance. The contract, entitled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), is structured to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and other disruptive technology initiatives. The contract enables MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains throughout all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, Saalex Corp will furnish all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to contract performance. The initial delivery order, valued at five hundred dollars and issued December 29, 2025, represents the commencement of the SHIELD Initial Order, with performance conducted in Huntsville, Alabama. This contract vehicle is designed to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. The contract accommodates various contract types and multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with individual task and delivery orders utilizing firm fixed price and other pricing arrangements as appropriate for specific requirements.