Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG361

Spirit Aerosystems Inc. was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity vehicle, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured to support both classified and unclassified defense programs. The initial delivery order, valued at $500 and issued under firm fixed-price terms, is titled "SHIELD Initial Order" with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The government intends to award to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing, creating a flexible contracting framework that consolidates multiple procurement needs into a single vehicle.

The SHIELD contract aims to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system 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, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract will support continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles across all phases of flight, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with potential orders issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances, positioning the SHIELD vehicle as a comprehensive long-term contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.