Definitive Contract HR001125CE025
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- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $5.16 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Systems & Technology Research LLC (STR) on August 1, 2025, for the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) Stage 2 program. The contract, which extends through July 31, 2027, supports DARPA's mission to develop formal models of emergent communication pathways that enhance the deployment and detection of robust and resilient hidden networks. STR, a...
- Sri International has been awarded a $3.6M definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) program. The contract, which commenced on August 1, 2025, and extends through July 31, 2027, represents a cost-plus-fixed-fee engagement with no small business set-aside. Work will be performed at Sri International's Menlo Park, California headquarters. The PWND2 program aims to develop formal models and...
- This is a DARPA SBIR Phase II contract award to Stealth Software Technologies, Inc., a small business, for $1,499,464.96. The contract supports research and development of cutting-edge software products for applied cryptography and cybersecurity, including privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), covert information exfiltration, and anonymous communications. Stealth Software Technologies, Inc. has previously received other DARPA and Office of the Secretary of Defense contracts for research...
- This is a $5,931,350.19 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Stealth Software Technologies, Inc., a for-profit organization. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, seeks to create a "Private Updateable Lightweight Scalable Active Repository (PULSAR)" in support of DARPA initiatives. Stealth Software Technologies, Inc. specializes in privacy-enhancing technologies and has provided research,...
- RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. (doing business as BBN Technologies) was awarded a $9.38M definitive contract on August 1, 2025, by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for Stage 2 of the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) program. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2027, represents the continuation phase of a two-stage award process that began with a Kick-Start phase under an Other Transaction Agreement. The work will...
- This is a federal contract award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a defense agency, to Stealth Software Technologies, Inc., a for-profit organization. The contract, valued at $1,186,340.00, is for the "Downstream/Upstream Robust Automatic Secure Index Filtering Technology (DURASIFT)" and uses a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing structure. The contract has an ultimate completion date of March 25, 2022 and was initially awarded on April 13, 2016. There is no set-aside designation for...
- This federal contract award is for a $4,759,999.18 Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type, awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to Stealth Software Technologies, Inc. The contract, titled "HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENCRYPTED LAYERED INFORMATION SYNTHESIS U433000", is for the delivery of research, software capabilities, data integration tools, analytical frameworks, simulations, and stress testing for supply chain...
- <p>The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded Stealth Software Technologies, Inc. a $1.5 million firm fixed price contract under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II for research into Secure and Covert Non-Attributable Robust Information Exfiltration. The two year contract will be performed in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey and is set aside for total small businesses.</p>
- This is a $1,490,321.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded to Stealth Software Technologies, Inc., a small business, by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the "Mobile Adaptive Relay Anti-Totalitarian Human Overlay Networks (MARATHON)" project. The contract supports DARPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and has a performance period through September 27, 2025. The work covers research and development of cutting-edge software...
- This is a $224,988 firm fixed-price contract awarded to Stealth Software Technologies, Inc., a small business, by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for a Phase I SBIR project titled "Securing Antiquated Languages via Program Synthesis and Human Assistance (SALSA)" with a performance period ending on January 10, 2023. The contract was originally solicited under a DARPA SBIR/STTR broad agency...
Stealth Software Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $3.83M definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on August 1, 2025, for the Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND2) program, with performance scheduled through July 31, 2027. The contract is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement and will be performed in West Los Angeles, California. This award was not designated as a small business set-aside. Under the PWND2 solicitation, which sought innovative approaches to develop formal models of emergent communication pathways, the contractor will deliver software capabilities, analytical frameworks, and research deliverables to improve the deployment and detection of robust and resilient hidden networks, leveraging formal methods and privacy-enhancing technologies to provide provable guarantees for covert communication systems. The contract represents a task order or follow-on award under DARPA's broader PWND2 initiative, which anticipated multiple awards with initial six-month prototype phases under Other Transaction agreements followed by extended 24-month periods of performance. Stealth Software Technologies' expertise in cryptographic technologies, secure information systems, and privacy-enhancing solutions aligns with DARPA's mission to advance software-defined networking and formal verification methodologies. The company's established track record with DARPA, including prior IDV contracts focused on securing legacy systems and developing resilient supply chain networks, positions it as a qualified performer for this advanced research and development effort.
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) | HR001125CE018 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 5/6 | 8/11/25, 3:27 PM | |
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²) | HR001125CE019 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 6/6 | 8/11/25, 3:39 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $780.0k | 7/23/25 |