Provably weird network deployment and detection (PWND2)
Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- HR001125CE025
- Awardee
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Stealth Software Technologies, Inc. UEI NKABN1ZNE7B7
- Awarding agency
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Department of Defense
- Obligated
- $3,289,827
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²) Solicitation · HR001124S0037 · Posted Sep 19, 2024
- Contract value 76% obligated
- $4,331,625.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 62% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition · 16 offers Basic Research
- Pricing
- Cost Plus Fixed Fee
- Place of performance
- West Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
- Legislative mandates
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- Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) FAR subpart 22.18
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | $580,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $416,355 | |
| Change Order | $465,472 | |
| Funding Only Action | $900,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $148,000 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $780,000 |
About this award
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, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2027. Pricing is cost plus fixed fee with no set-aside applied.
The originating solicitation sought proposals to develop formal models of emergent communication pathways for improved deployment and detection of robust and resilient hidden networks. DARPA anticipated multiple awards through a two-stage submission and two-step award process, with the first six months executed under an Other Transaction Agreement for Prototype and the remaining 24 months under either a procurement contract or continuation of the OT agreement. The solicitation emphasized innovative approaches in software-defined networking, formal methods, and privacy to provide provable guarantees for hidden communication systems. Place of performance is West Los Angeles, CA.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract HR001125CE025?
HR001125CE025 was awarded to Stealth Software Technologies, Inc. by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense) on August 1, 2025.
How much is contract HR001125CE025 worth?
The government has obligated $3,289,827 on HR001125CE025. Its current value, with exercised options, is $4,331,625.
Was contract HR001125CE025 competed?
The extent of competition for HR001125CE025 was full and open competition. The government received 16 offers.
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