Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG425

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C., an SBA-certified Women-Owned Small Business headquartered in Houston, Texas, with an effective award date of January 21, 2026, and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and was established through full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Under this vehicle, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to perform task and delivery orders issued in accordance with contract terms. The contract utilizes the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ structure, which was announced through a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with the final Request for Proposal released in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work areas address air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with resultant orders potentially issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This represents a significant long-term investment positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution for multi-layered homeland defense requirements over the 10-year period of performance.