Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG462

Evolution Space, Inc. has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This defense-focused indefinite delivery vehicle, awarded without set-asides on January 21, 2026, represents a comprehensive multi-domain defense procurement designed to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization of advanced air and missile defense capabilities. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains and utilizes various contract types and North American Industry Classification System codes, enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue delivery orders for homeland defense, protection of deployed forces, and defense of allies. The initial delivery order under this IDIQ, the SHIELD Initial Order valued at $500 and performed in Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded on January 21, 2026 with a firm fixed price structure and completion date of December 28, 2035.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of multi-domain threats including ballistic missiles, hypersonic systems, cruise missiles, and cyber threats across all phases of flight, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This contract vehicle was issued under full and open competition with awards extended to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii). Evolution Space, Inc., a small business specializing in advanced aerospace and defense technology research and development with demonstrated expertise in hypersonic technology solutions through prior Small Business Innovation Research contracts with the Air Force Research Laboratory, was selected as one of multiple awardees to support this strategic, long-term investment in the nation's layered defense architecture and rapid acquisition capabilities.