Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG365

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Major Tool & Machine Inc., a precision manufacturing company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract was awarded on January 21, 2026, following a competitive solicitation with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple task orders. The contract is structured 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 across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The Missile Defense Agency intends to utilize this IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting vehicle enabling rapid issuance of task and delivery orders across multiple NAICS codes and classification levels for both classified and unclassified programs.

The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts supporting national defense objectives. Individual task and delivery orders will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. As the prime contractor, Major Tool & Machine Inc. shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with order terms. The contractor's established expertise in complex machining, precision manufacturing, and defense program support, demonstrated through prior involvement with major defense contractors and significant federal contract awards, positions the company to execute this long-term strategic procurement supporting the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.