Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG370

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Infonex LLC on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle enabling the government to procure advanced, multi-domain defense systems and associated services. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing multiple qualified contractors to compete for task orders. Infonex LLC, an SBA Certified 8A Joint Venture, was selected as one of the awardees. Work performance is expected to occur in Huntsville, Alabama, and will potentially include classified and unclassified efforts requiring various facility clearances.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, and test and evaluation services for multi-domain defense capabilities spanning air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat environments. Contracted work encompasses the design and development of detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization systems capable of countering ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats across all flight phases, in addition to modernization, cybersecurity, and disruptive technology initiatives. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued under various contract types and pricing structures across multiple NAICS codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial task order awarded to Infonex LLC on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD Initial Order was valued at $500 and structured as a Firm Fixed Price delivery order, with performance expected in Huntsville, Alabama through the contract completion date.