Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG352

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Rothe Ares 2 JV, LLC on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive procurement mechanism enabling MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced, multi-domain defense systems. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors to compete. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and supports work performance at various facility clearance levels, with the initial task order establishing a base ordering period and provision for optional ordering periods throughout the ten-year contract term.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures an integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping of disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Work will be performed primarily at the prime contractor's location in Huntsville, Alabama, with the contract leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial delivery order, valued at $500 and issued on December 29, 2025, establishes the baseline for subsequent task orders that will utilize various contract types across multiple industry classifications to support the nation's layered homeland defense requirements.