Other Transaction Agreement HR0011269E028
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- This is a $6,380,757.00 definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Narf Industries LLC, a foreign-owned, for-profit small disadvantaged business based in San Diego, California. The contract is part of DARPA's HARDEN program, which aims to develop tools to anticipate, isolate, and mitigate unintended software behaviors throughout the development lifecycle in order to disrupt patterns of reliable exploit primitives used by adversaries....
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Narf Industries LLC valued at $6.8M for the Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security (INGOTS) program. The contract, awarded on January 31, 2025, with performance in San Diego, California, runs through January 31, 2026. Narf Industries, a foreign-owned small disadvantaged business, will develop computational methods and tools for security applications under this non-set-aside...
- The U.S. government agency awarded a $1,863,634.00 Firm Fixed Price, definitive contract to Narf Industries LLC, a foreign-owned, for-profit small disadvantaged business based in San Diego, California. The contract is for work under the ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) DIGIHEALS area of interest, with a period of performance through December 30, 2025. This contract does not utilize any set-aside designations. Narf Industries has an established track record of federal...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Aarno Labs LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract, valued at $148,948.43, is for the development of "SARAN: A System for Android Application Interposition", a cybersecurity research and development project. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. The award date is August 9, 2017, and the ultimate completion...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $114,889.92 firm fixed price delivery order to California Constructors, an SBA-certified HUBZone small business, to install a busway at Building 40 Highbay 5 in Nestor, California by September 30, 2021. DARPA is the Department of Defense's research and development agency and supports projects focused on emerging and disruptive technologies. This delivery order was issued under an existing DARPA contract vehicle to provide electrical...
- This federal contract award, issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is for the HABITUS COMPARATIVE EVALUATION DSO OFFICE-WIDE BAA - PHASE 1 project. The $4,899,756.00 definitive contract was awarded on January 26, 2022 to the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), a non-profit research organization, with a period of performance through August 30, 2024. The contract has a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing structure and is not set aside for small businesses. The award is...
- The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $1,228,061.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Armaments Research Company, Inc. (ARC), a veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small business, for research and development of "Disruptive Capabilities for Future Warfare." The contract is not set-aside. ARC specializes in providing high-tech solutions for national defense, including embedded IoT sensors, mobile apps, and cloud analytics. This contract is...
- This federal contract award, valued at $1,886,388.24, was issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper), a prominent non-profit research and development organization. The contract, titled "Integrated System to Instigate and Assess Threat Risk (INSTIGATR)," supports the development of technologies to improve threat discrimination and filtering in complex urban environments. This effort aligns with DARPA's Urban...
- This is a $2,684,682 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Strategic Analysis Enterprises, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for assessing deterrence in the gray zone. The contract is a follow-on under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and has a completion date of January 31, 2022. The contract supports DARPA's national security and defense technology initiatives, with prior awards to the...
- This is a $149,955.18 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Design Net Engineering LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the "BUILDING OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE IN GEO (BORG)" effort, which aims to develop operational resilience capabilities. The contract was awarded on June 17, 2016 and has a final completion date of January 16, 2017. As this is a SBIR Phase I...
Narf Industries LLC, a San Diego-based small disadvantaged business, was awarded an Other Transaction Agreement by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on December 3, 2025, for a project titled "Helpful Strangers on a Bus: Protocol for Active Trust Probing and Recovery." The contract carries a ceiling value of $3.7M and is scheduled for completion by December 2, 2027. The award does not utilize a specific set-aside designation, indicating the contractor competed on merit. As an Other Transaction Agreement, this contract type affords DARPA greater flexibility in structuring payments and requirements, consistent with the agency's approach to fostering innovation in advanced research and development initiatives. Narf Industries brings substantial relevant experience to this engagement, having previously executed multiple high-value DARPA contracts in cybersecurity, software analysis, and advanced computational research, including programs such as INGOTS (Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security), HARDEN, and OSS RANGER. The company's technical expertise spans information security, network reconnaissance, and sophisticated R&D methodologies. While the specific deliverables for the "Helpful Strangers on a Bus" project are not detailed in available documentation, the contract title suggests research into trust protocols and recovery mechanisms, aligning with DARPA's broader mission to identify and mitigate technical risks in complex systems. The work will be performed in San Diego, California.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $344.3k | 11/25/25 |