Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG419

Rogue Space Systems Corp, a veteran-owned small business based in Laconia, New Hampshire, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, valued at $151 billion, represents a comprehensive 10-year procurement vehicle designed to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing the government to issue multiple task orders across various contract types and security classification levels. Work performance will encompass advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with work areas spanning research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and cybersecurity efforts.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract establishes a flexible contracting mechanism enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities 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 initial task order, issued on December 29, 2025, is valued at $500 and titled the SHIELD Initial Order, with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, utilizing firm fixed price pricing. Given Rogue Space Systems Corp's established expertise in space situational awareness, small satellite technologies, autonomous robotics, and advanced propulsion systems through prior Air Force Research Laboratory contracts, the company's selection supports MDA's multi-domain defense objectives by leveraging specialized capabilities in space domain awareness and orbital technologies essential to comprehensive homeland protection.