Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG403

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Anduril Industries, Inc. (UEI: JA9NV8H3L2T9) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a 10-year comprehensive procurement vehicle designed to support national defense through research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing multiple qualified contractors to compete for and receive task orders. The initial delivery order, valued at $500 and awarded on December 29, 2025, is for the SHIELD Initial Order with performance in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract is structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract encompasses disruptive technologies, systems integration, and weapon development to provide continuous, layered protection for the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies. Work areas include leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures across both classified and unclassified programs. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with facility clearances required for work at different classification levels, positioning this vehicle as a comprehensive contracting mechanism for the nation's multi-layered defense modernization and capability enhancement requirements.