Covert unmanned cyber and kountermeasures for offensive operations (CUCKOO)
Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- N0001423C1051
- Awardee
-
The Curators Of The University Of Missouri UEI J9CDGR596MN3 Part of University Of Missouri System
- Awarding agency
-
Office of Naval Research
Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Obligated
- $7,403,997
Award facts
- Opportunity
-
- FY23 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy Solicitation · N0001423SB001 · Posted Sep 30, 2022
- Contract value 13% obligated
-
- $7,403,997.00 Current, with exercised options
- $59,196,070.00 Potential, with all options
- Completion date 52% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- 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 Basic Research
- Pricing
- Cost No Fee
- Place of performance
- Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Original award | $7,403,997 |
About this award
The Office of Naval Research awarded a $59.2 million ceiling definitive contract to The Curators Of The University Of Missouri, doing business as University of Missouri at Kansas City, for the Covert Unmanned Cyber and Countermeasures for Offensive Operations (CUCKOO) program on September 22, 2023. No set-aside was used.
The program seeks empirically informed directed energy weapons that covertly disrupt, deny, and destroy targets through electronic upset and cyber effects. The contract is cost-no-fee, with ultimate completion on September 21, 2029. Work is performed in Kansas City, Missouri 64110.
The originating solicitation was posted September 30, 2022, with a due date of September 30, 2023, and also used no set-aside. The source names two subawards under this contract. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC received a subaward dated February 2, 2026 to deliver a preliminary Algorithm Description Document on the AI algorithm, provide an annual program-level review brief to ONR, and contribute to the prime's monthly and quarterly status reports. KRI At Northeastern University, LLC received a subaward dated May 9, 2024 to analyze hardware and software architectures for RF machine learning classifier models, develop a multi-target classifier, and prototype a low SWAP FPGA platform.
Subawards
| Subcontractor | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $55,000 | |
| KRI At Northeastern University, LLC | $535,622 |
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract N0001423C1051?
N0001423C1051 was awarded to The Curators Of The University Of Missouri by Office of Naval Research (Secretary of the Navy) on September 22, 2023.
How much is contract N0001423C1051 worth?
The government has obligated $7,403,997 on N0001423C1051. Its potential value, with all options, is $59,196,070.
Was contract N0001423C1051 competed?
The extent of competition for N0001423C1051 was full and open competition.
On GovTribe
See this award's full record
- Every transaction and funding action
- The awardee's other awards and teaming partners
- Similar awards and recompete opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this award