Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG397

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract, awarded to Nalej Corp on January 21, 2026, represents a comprehensive procurement vehicle established by the Missile Defense Agency to develop and deliver advanced multi-domain defense capabilities. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion over a 10-year period of performance through December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Nalej Corp, a multi-cloud and edge software and services company headquartered in New York City, was selected as one of multiple award recipients to provide research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization support across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract structure accommodates multiple contract types and classification levels, enabling rapid issuance of task and delivery orders to support both classified and unclassified defense programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital engineering methodologies.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ, the initial delivery order issued to Nalej Corp on January 21, 2026, for the SHIELD Initial Order is valued at $500 and carries a firm fixed-price structure, with performance to be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama through December 28, 2035. This foundational task order establishes Nalej Corp's role in supporting the Missile Defense Agency's objective to provide continuous, layered protection against evolving air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract's scope encompasses detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats, positioning the SHIELD vehicle as a strategic long-term investment in national defense infrastructure and multi-layered homeland security requirements.