Definitive Contract HR001121C0201
- Not listed
- Raytheon Company, through its Raytheon Missile and Defense division, received a $2.94 million Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support Phase 1 of the Waveform Agile Radio-Frequency Directed Energy (WARDEN) program. The contract, awarded September 24, 2021, with performance concluding September 24, 2022, is based at Raytheon's facility in Tucson, Arizona. WARDEN aims to extend the range of high power microwave back-door attacks against...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $12.74 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Microwave Power Products, Inc. (doing business as CPI International) on September 27, 2021, for work under the Waveform Agile Radio-Frequency Directed Energy (WARDEN) program. The contract, with performance to be completed by February 26, 2026, supports DARPA's objective to extend the range of high-power microwave back-door attacks against electronic systems by a factor of ten beyond...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Verus Research, LLC, a small business based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to conduct electromagnetic technology research and development focused on high-power electromagnetic materials and plasma science and technology. The contract, awarded August 1, 2022, carries a ceiling value of $4.19M with performance completion targeted for August 10, 2026, and will be executed at Verus Research's Albuquerque...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $7.4 million definitive contract to Raytheon Company RMD Division for the Waveform Agile RF Directed Energy program. The goal of this program is to develop extreme power, broadband amplifiers and agile waveform techniques to extend the range of high power microwave back-door attacks against electronics by ten times the current capability. Raytheon will perform the work in Tucson, Arizona from September 2021 through September 2025. One...
- This $7,977,113.68 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded by the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), a defense agency, to XL Scientific LLC, doing business as Verus Research, to support the Directed Energy Test (DET) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). The effort will rapidly identify directed energy test and evaluation shortfalls and develop solutions, including a surrogate high-power microwave source and enhanced prototype for effects testing on...
- This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to XL Scientific LLC, doing business as Verus Research, a small business technology company. The contract, valued at $296,936.00, is for research and development related to counter directed energy weapons (CDEW) and high power radio frequency (HPRF) predictive effects. Verus Research is a small business that specializes in advanced research, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Defense,...
- This is a U.S. Army SBIR Phase II contract awarded to XL Scientific LLC, doing business as Verus Research, for the "Miniaturization of High Average Power, High Peak Power, Wide Bandwidth Antennas." The contract has a value of $1,049,916.94 and was completed on December 17, 2020. Verus Research is an established small business contractor with experience providing research, engineering, and technical services to the Department of Defense, including the Air Force, Army, Navy, and other...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to XL Scientific LLC, doing business as Verus Research, a small business technology company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The $1,249,905 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of high-power microwave (HPM) test capabilities spanning from 4 to 20 GHz, in response to AFRL's need for an HPM test capability. The contract has a total small business set-aside and is...
- This federal contract award W900KK19D0007|W900KK19F0113 was issued by the Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), a Defense agency, to the prime contractor XL Scientific LLC (doing business as Verus Research), a small business technology company. The $13,452,934 delivery order contract is for test and evaluation of non-kinetic systems, with a completion date of May 31, 2024. No set-aside was used. The contract includes several subcontractor efforts: Leidos...
- Verus Research, LLC has been awarded a delivery order valued at approximately $28M under an SBIR Phase III action to provide test and evaluation services for airborne non-kinetic systems. The work, funded by the U.S. Army's PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, encompasses testing, labor, materials, travel, and other direct costs, with performance to be completed by February 28, 2029. The award includes an incremental funding modification adding $1.5M to a specific line item. This...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $4.97 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Verus Research, LLC on September 20, 2021, for work under the Waveform Agile Radio-Frequency Directed Energy (WARDEN) program. Performance is scheduled to conclude by March 31, 2026, with work conducted in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This contract is part of a larger DARPA initiative with a total program value of $51 million across multiple phases and performers, aimed at advancing high-power microwave capabilities for directed energy applications. Under this award, Verus Research will contribute to DARPA's objective to extend the range of high-power microwave back-door attack capabilities by a factor of ten beyond current state-of-the-art performance. The contract supports technical work including development of extreme power, broadband amplifiers, agile waveform techniques, computational models for electromagnetic coupling prediction, and tools for identifying electronic system vulnerabilities. No small business set-aside was used for this competitive award. As a small business headquartered in Albuquerque with extensive experience in directed energy, electromagnetics, and Department of Defense research, Verus Research is well-positioned to execute this advanced research and development effort, which may include classified work at the Secret level.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waveform Agile RF Directed Energy (WARDEN) Award Notice | HR001121S0017 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 3/6 | 9/20/21, 11:15 AM | |
Waveform Agile RF Directed Energy (WARDEN) Award Notice | HR001121S0017 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 2/6 | 9/17/21, 9:14 AM | |
Waveform Agile RF Directed Energy (WARDEN) | HR001121S0017 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Pre-Solicitation 1/6 | 2/26/21, 5:31 PM | |
Waveform Agile RF Directed Energy (WARDEN) Award Notice | HR001121S0017 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 5/6 | 9/24/21, 1:01 PM | |
Waveform Agile RF Directed Energy (WARDEN) Award Notice | HR001121S0017 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 6/6 | 9/28/21, 2:25 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00011 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 10/22/25 | |
| P00010 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 10/3/25 | |
| P00009 | Funding Only Action | $478.7k | 12/20/24 | |
| P00008 | Exercise an Option | $1.3m | 10/11/24 | |
| P00007 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 9/13/24 |