Definitive Contract HR001120C0191

This $5,224,055 definitive contract was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop open source software and systems enabling secure 5G and future mobile networks under DARPA's Open Programmable Secure 5G (OPS-5G) program. The contract has no set-aside designation.

MIT is the prime contractor and has subcontracted work to Brown University and Aarno Labs LLC. The contract aims to address challenges like accelerating open source software development, achieving cross-scale network security, securing network slices, and developing programmable defenses for 5G and beyond. The work will span three phases over four years with the goal of maturing capabilities for transition to commercial networks. DARPA expects to make multiple awards across technical areas like standards translation, security architecture, slice isolation, and programmable defenses under this broader OPS-5G program.