Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG427

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Euclid Beamlabs LLC (UEI: UUP7AMSJBLL2), a small business based in Solon, Ohio, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, awarded January 21, 2026, supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, which procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. This full and open competition vehicle utilizes no set-asides and was designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under one flexible contracting mechanism, with individual task and delivery orders employing various contract types across multiple industry classifications.

The initial task order issued under this IDIQ—the SHIELD Initial Order—was awarded January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of five hundred dollars and firm fixed price terms, with performance conducted in Huntsville, Alabama. Euclid Beamlabs brings substantial experience in advanced research and development, particularly in charged particle beam physics, materials science, and radiation-tolerant technologies, with demonstrated capabilities across multiple federal agencies including the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the Office of Naval Research. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, incorporating advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's layered defense requirements with a ten-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods.