Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG450

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Gravitics, Inc. (UEI: HPXZLGCDGKJ9) on January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a comprehensive multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract structure permits the government to issue task and delivery orders across multiple National American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and security classification levels, enabling rapid deployment of defense capabilities. No set-asides were utilized, allowing full and open competition among qualified contractors. Under this contract vehicle, Gravitics, Inc. will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support contract performance.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all flight phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The initial task order, awarded January 21, 2026, is valued at five hundred dollars and designated as the SHIELD Initial Order under a Firm Fixed Price delivery order contract, with performance located in Huntsville, Alabama. The solicitation, originally posted as a pre-solicitation notice on May 21, 2025, with a due date of September 15, 2025, emphasized leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, requiring appropriate facility clearances, and represents a strategic long-term investment in the nation's layered defense infrastructure over the ten-year ordering period.