Definitive Contract HR001125CE021
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- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $4.33 million definitive contract to Stealth Software Technologies, Inc. for the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) program on August 1, 2025, under cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing with no set-aside. The originating solicitation seeks development of formal models of emergent communication pathways to improve deployment and detection of robust and resilient hidden networks, utilizing software-defined networking, formal...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Systems & Technology Research LLC (STR) a $5.16 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract on August 1, 2025, for Stage 2 of the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) program, with completion expected by July 31, 2027. This award stemmed from DARPA's competitive solicitation seeking innovative approaches to develop formal models of emergent communication pathways that improve deployment and detection of...
- Sri International was awarded a $3.62M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on August 1, 2025, to execute the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) program, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2027. The contract stems from DARPA's solicitation seeking innovative approaches to develop formal models of emergent communication pathways that enable deployment and detection of robust, resilient hidden networks. Work...
- RTX BBN Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (Raytheon Technologies), was awarded a $9.38 million Cost Plus Fixed Fee definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on August 1, 2025, for Stage 2 of the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) program. This award represents the continuation phase of a two-stage solicitation that closed November 5, 2024, and supports the 24-month follow-on work following an initial 6-month prototype...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued at $7.03 million to Two Six Labs, LLC (doing business as Two Six Technologies) on August 2, 2023, for Phase I of the Resilient Supply-Demand Networks (RSDN) program. The contract, with an ultimate completion date of July 22, 2026, supports DARPA's initiative to develop situational awareness and stress-testing capabilities for supply chains in pharmaceuticals, military metals, and food...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $996,580 Other Transaction Agreement to Thresher Ventures, LLC (doing business as Two Six Technologies) for work related to Measuring the Information Control Environment. The contract will support DARPA's efforts to develop new techniques for assessing information security postures within complex operational environments. Performance will take place in McLean, Virginia over an 18-month period concluding in February 2023. Two Six...
- Two Six Technologies, under its parent company Two Six Labs Holdings, has been awarded a $999,710 Other Transaction Agreement by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct the PAPERDICE program. The objective of PAPERDICE is to develop techniques for poisoning and adversarial perturbations to detect intelligent censorship. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia through February 2023. No set-aside designation or major subcontractors were indicated. This award provides funding...
- Two Six Labs, LLC (doing business as Two Six Technologies) has been awarded a $41.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for a research project with performance in Arlington, Virginia. The contract, awarded September 24, 2021, extends through December 31, 2025, and does not utilize a small business set-aside. Two Six Labs is a mission-focused cybersecurity and advanced technology solutions provider specializing in research and...
- This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Two Six Labs, LLC, a cybersecurity and advanced technology solutions provider. The $239,888 contract is for a DARPA research project with a completion date of May 30, 2025. The contract is not set aside for any specific group. It was awarded under a DARPA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) that sought revolutionary research ideas across four thrust areas: proficient artificial...
- This is a definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Two Six Labs, LLC, doing business as Two Six Technologies, for the EXTREME DDOS DEFENSE (XD3) BASE PHASE 1 & 2 effort under Technical Area 3 (TA3), with a ceiling value of $5,388,182.00. The contract is focused on the reliable detection and point-of-attack mitigation for low-volume Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that hide within ambient traffic. This award is not set aside. Two Six...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Two Six Technologies a $7.24 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract on August 1, 2025, for the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) program, with an ultimate completion date of July 30, 2027. This research initiative, which originated from a competitive solicitation posted in September 2024, aims to develop formal models of emergent communication pathways to enhance the deployment and detection of robust and resilient hidden networks. The program will leverage innovative approaches in software-defined networking, formal methods, and privacy to provide provable guarantees for hidden communication systems. Work will be performed at the contractor's Arlington, Virginia facility, with Trusted Science & Technology, Inc., a small disadvantaged business based in Rockville, Maryland, performing as a major subcontractor providing purchased services in support of the prime contract. Two Six Technologies, a mission-focused cybersecurity and advanced technology solutions provider headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, brings extensive expertise in artificial intelligence, secure communications, data science, systems modeling and simulation, and prototype development to this engagement. The contractor maintains an established relationship with DARPA across a substantial portfolio of research and development contracts valued at over $400 million. The PWND2 award reflects the specialized and unrestricted nature of the research work, as indicated by the absence of any set-aside designation, and positions the contractor to deliver innovative technological solutions supporting national security objectives within DARPA's intelligence and cybersecurity priorities.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²) | HR001124S0037-HR001125CE025 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 3/6 | 7/25/25, 4:45 PM | |
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²) | HR001124S0037-HR001125CE024 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 2/6 | 7/25/25, 4:35 PM | |
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²) | HR001125CE021 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 4/6 | 8/11/25, 3:18 PM | |
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²) | HR001125CE019 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 6/6 | 8/11/25, 3:39 PM | |
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²) | HR001125CE018 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 5/6 | 8/11/25, 3:27 PM |
ContractNumber | Description | Subcontractor | Prime Award | Award Date | Amount | Submitted At |
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30195TRUSTED01S | Trusted Science And Technology, Inc. | Definitive Contract HR001125CE021 | 8/1/25 | $1.1m | 9/30/25 |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00004 | Funding Only Action | $325.2k | 1/19/26 | |
| P00003 | Funding Only Action | $1.1m | 12/7/25 | |
| P00001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 10/31/25 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $860.0k | 7/24/25 |