Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG446

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Flexradio, Inc. (doing business as Flexradio Systems) with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, formally titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted in May 2025. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-asides, designed to support the Missile Defense Agency's comprehensive national defense objectives through a flexible contracting mechanism that will accommodate both classified and unclassified programs. The initial delivery order, valued at $500 (firm fixed price), is directed to the performance location of Huntsville, Alabama, with a completion date of December 28, 2035.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts supporting multi-domain defense capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. Flexradio Systems, a small business manufacturer of software-defined radio systems and high-frequency transceivers based in Austin, Texas, was selected as one of multiple awardees positioned to deliver advanced radio communication equipment and associated technical solutions. The contract structure allows the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders across various contract types and security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This ten-year enterprise-wide vehicle represents a significant long-term investment designed to provide continuous, layered protection across all phases of flight for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing advanced threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners.