Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG385

Leonardo Electronics US Inc., through its Integrated Support Solutions Division, has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This comprehensive contract mechanism, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, employs full and open competition with no set-asides and supports the government's multi-domain defense objectives. The contract authorizes the issuance of task orders and delivery orders across multiple contract types, pricing structures, and security classifications to procure advanced defense capabilities spanning research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts.

The SHIELD IDIQ is structured to enable rapid procurement of integrated, multi-layered defense systems 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. Work areas encompass disruptive technologies, cybersecurity enhancements, and modern systems architectures incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. The initial delivery order awarded to Leonardo Electronics US Inc. on December 29, 2025, is valued at five hundred dollars for the SHIELD initial order and is performed on a firm fixed-price basis at the contractor's Huntsville, Alabama facility. This contract vehicle establishes a flexible framework enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue multiple orders supporting homeland and deployed force defense requirements over the ten-year contract period.