Miracle Systems, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aretum LLC that provides mission‑focused professional and technical services to the Department of War and Federal civilian agencies. Miracle Systems supports complex defense, homeland security, and enterprise environments through disciplined execution and operational sustainment, including applied research and development, early‑stage concept exploration, prototyping, experimentation, and transition support across the system lifecycle.
Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD)
SHIELD is a multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract that supports national defense objectives by ensuring continuous, layered protection against air, missiles, space, cyber and hybrid threats originating from any vector—land, sea, air, space or cyberspace. SHIELD seeks to rapidly deliver innovative capabilities to the warfighter and may include using AI/ML-enabled applications where pertinent, and leveraging DE, MBSE, MOSA and agile processes in the acquisition, development, fielding and sustainment of these capabilities.
CONTRACT HOLDER
Miracle Systems, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Aretum
Cage Code: 8ASY4
UEI: FNKXRJDWJAD1
CONTRACT NUMBERS
HQ085926DE784
SPONSOR
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
CONTRACT TYPE
Multiple Award IDIQ
AVAILABLE TO
Defense agencies for in-scope products and services
SCOPE OF CONTRACT
SHIELD’s scope includes the following task areas when applied to missile defense or related national defense applications:
- Science and technology
- Research and development
- Prototyping
- Studies, demonstrations, testing of prototypes
- Disruptive technologies
- Experimentation
- Architecture development
- Modeling, simulation and analysis
- Systems engineering
- Weapon design and development
- Integration and assembly
- Production and fielding
- Test and evaluation
- Operation and sustainment
- Modernization
- Hardware and software modifications
- Data mining, collection and analysis
- Facilities engineering and sustainment
- Cybersecurity
CONTRACT TYPES SUPPORTED
Fixed price, cost reimbursement, incentive
PROGRAM CEILING
$151B
TEAMING PARTNERS
Teaming partners can be added at the task order level through the term of the contract.
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PERFORMANCE PERIOD
Ordering period totals 10 years and consists of a three-year base period (12/29/2025 – 12/28/2028) and multiple option periods through 12/28/2035. Task orders awarded within the ordering period can extend up to one year past the expiration of the ordering period (09/08/2032).
POINTS OF CONTACT
Team mailbox:
bd@aretum.com
Suresh Gulati
Chief of Program Operations (CPO)/Sr. Vice President
E-mail: contracts@aretum.com
Tiffany Bailey
Executive Vice President (EVP) Program Operations
Email: bd@aretum.com
Access the SHIELD Orbit Portal:
The SHIELD ORBIT portal is the Missile Defense Agency’s secure collaboration environment for SHIELD contract holders and authorized government stakeholders. ORBIT enables engagement across mission needs, tasking, and contract execution activities.
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