Definitive Contract HR001125CE038
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- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $6.55 million definitive contract on August 5, 2025, to Peraton Labs Inc. (doing business as Applied Communication Sciences) for the Machine Learning and Optimization-Guided Compilers for Heterogeneous Architectures (MOCHA) program. This 36-month research and development effort, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028, focuses on developing next-generation compiler technology that leverages machine learning and advanced...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. an Other Transaction Agreement valued at approximately $6.3 million for the Machine Learning and Optimization-Guided Compilers for Heterogeneous Architectures (MOCHA) program. The contract, awarded on September 3, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 3, 2028, will be performed at Draper's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This award carries no set-aside designation,...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $4.0M definitive contract to Aarno Labs LLC on October 7, 2024, for the Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) Program. Under this cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement, Aarno Labs will develop enhanced software bill of materials metadata and cyber reasoning tools to enable rapid vulnerability triage and remediation at scale. The contract is structured to support work in compilers, toolchains, integration, and...
- This is a $1,456,219.00 U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Aarno Labs LLC, a limited liability company. The contract is for the development of a "Code Interposition Framework for Mobile Cyber Applications" and is designated as a total small business set-aside. The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing type and has an ultimate...
- This federal contract award, valued at $1,566,057.00, was issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Systems & Technology Research LLC (STR), a for-profit limited liability company located in Woburn, Massachusetts. The contract's objective is to develop the Mitchell high-level, declarative programming language and compiler, as well as an OpenCL backend targeting DARPA's Software Defined Hardware (SDH) reconfigurable compute fabric. The goal is to enable programmers to...
- This is a $1,497,003.00 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Aarno Labs LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The contract is for the development of "Tunable Cyber Defensive Security Mechanisms," which likely involves advanced software research and development focused on cybersecurity solutions. Aarno Labs LLC has a history of federal contract work,...
- This federal contract award, valued at $5,877,329.00, was issued by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM) to Aarno Labs LLC, a limited liability company. The contract is for research in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW), under a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Definitive Contract. The original solicitation, issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), sought proposals to develop techniques for assured micropatching of legacy mission-critical software...
- This federal contract award is for the Competency-Aware Machine Learning (CAML) program, which is being managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office. The purpose of the CAML program is to improve human-machine teaming capabilities and the task synergies expected of autonomous systems. The $4,181,084.00 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper) on October 11, 2019, with a completion date of...
- This is a $6,932,756.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Aarno Labs LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for research and development of the ARYA software platform to potentially defend against botnet vulnerabilities, as part of DARPA's Harnessing Autonomy for Countering Cyber-adversary Systems (HACCS) program. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The work is to be performed in...
- The University of Massachusetts, doing business as the Office of Grant & Contract Administration, has been awarded a $988,486 Other Transaction Agreement by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to deliver the MOKA modular knowledgeable AI system. To be performed in Amherst, Massachusetts over a 28-month period concluding in September 2023, this contract aims to develop an artificial intelligence capable of acquiring and applying knowledge across different technical domains through a...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Aarno Labs LLC a $6.8 million definitive contract on September 5, 2025, for the Machine Learning and Optimization-Guided Compilers for Heterogeneous Architectures (MOCHA) program. Under this 36-month cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Aarno Labs will develop next-generation compiler technology that leverages machine learning and advanced optimization techniques to adapt compilers to heterogeneous computing systems with minimal human intervention. The effort addresses technical challenges across compiler front-ends, middle-ends, and back-ends, with the primary objective of reducing the human effort required for hardware adaptation while improving compiled code performance. The contract is based on DARPA's Broad Agency Announcement HR001124S0035 and represents a non-set-aside award with performance taking place in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This award extends Aarno Labs' established track record in advanced software research for the defense sector, building on their prior DARPA contracts including the Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) program and their Other Transaction Indefinite Delivery Vehicle supporting compiler and software translation research. The MOCHA program aligns with Aarno Labs' core competencies in innovative computational techniques and software optimization, positioning the company to contribute to DARPA's strategic objectives in compiler technology for modern heterogeneous computing architectures.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Machine learning and Optimization-guided Compilers for Heterogeneous Architectures (MOCHA) | HR001124S0035 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Pre-Solicitation 1/3 | 8/3/24, 8:31 PM | |
Machine learning and Optimization-guided Compilers for Heterogeneous Architectures (MOCHA) | HR001124S0035 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 2/3 | 8/7/25, 12:11 PM | |
Machine learning and Optimization-guided Compilers for Heterogeneous Architectures (MOCHA) | HR001124S0035 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Award Notice 3/3 | 8/14/25, 11:42 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $815.0k | 9/4/25 |