Flexible networking using intelligent dialecting (fluid)

Active Other Transaction Agreement Awarded Last action

Contract number
HR0011259E009
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$4,286,856

Award facts

Contract value 87% obligated
$4,903,280.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 59% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Contracting staff
NAICS code
Not on record
Competition
Competed Program Solicitation
Pricing
Other
Place of performance
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Exercise an Option P00003 $1,849,275
Other Administrative Action P00004 · DARPA prototype project $0
Funding Only Action P00002 · DARPA research program; strategic technology office $487,517
Funding Only Action P00001 · DARPA research program $850,150
Original award $1,099,914

About this award

DARPA awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to Sri International for $4,903,280 on September 24, 2025, for the Flexible Networking Using Intelligent Dialecting (FLUID) prototype project, with ultimate completion targeted for July 20, 2027. The agreement sits outside the FAR and operates under DARPA's statutory authority for prototype projects.

Work is performed in Menlo Park, California. RTX BBN Technologies, doing business as BBN Technologies, serves as a subcontractor, providing control plane network load reduction methods and developing low-level components of a Rust software module that interfaces with network packet traffic for the FLUID program.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. FLEXIBLE NETWORKING USING INTELLIGENT DIALECTING (FLUID) CUI Development of control plane network load reduction methods and development of low-level components… $894,054

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract HR0011259E009?

HR0011259E009 was awarded to Sri International by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense) on September 24, 2025.

How much is contract HR0011259E009 worth?

The government has obligated $4,286,856 on HR0011259E009. Its current value, with exercised options, is $4,903,280.

Was contract HR0011259E009 competed?

The extent of competition for HR0011259E009 was competed.

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