Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG471

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Walsingham Group Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Fayetteville, North Carolina, effective January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This full and open competition contract, utilizing no small business set-aside, establishes a comprehensive contracting vehicle for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple functional domains and North American Industry Classification System codes. The prime contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to contract performance, with individual task orders issued at various classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The SHIELD contract is designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains throughout all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The initial task order awarded to Walsingham Group Inc., designated the SHIELD Initial Order with a ceiling value of five hundred dollars and firm fixed price structure, is positioned for performance in Huntsville, Alabama, with completion scheduled for December 28, 2035. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, supporting both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains to fulfill the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements over the 10-year period of performance.