Other Transaction Agreement HR0011269E131
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- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) to Covar, LLC, doing business as Covar Applied Technologies Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $108,924.33, is for an effort titled "Doctrine-Based Aided Target Recognition (DOCTRINAIRE)" in response to SBIR Topic No. A20-043. The contract is a firm-fixed price purchase order with a completion date...
- The Office of Naval Research awarded a $3.8M firm fixed-price definitive contract to Covar, LLC (doing business as Covar Applied Technologies Inc.) on February 11, 2025, for a Generative AI Informed Force Design project, with completion scheduled for February 2028. The contract was awarded under the ONR's Long-Range Science and Technology Projects Broad Agency Announcement, which seeks proposals offering potential advancements and improvements to Navy and Marine Corps operations. As a small...
- This is a definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Covar, LLC, a small disadvantaged business doing business as Covar Applied Technologies Inc. The $998,751.00 firm fixed-price contract is for the "HOLISTIC EXTENSIBLE REAL-TIME MULTI-MODAL INTEGRATED TRACKING (HERMIT)" project, which falls under DARPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase II. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and was...
- The U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) awarded a $150,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase I contract to Covar, LLC, doing business as Covar Applied Technologies Inc., for the Doctrinaire ATR for Rotorcraft Targeting (DART) project. The contract is set aside for total small business participation and has a performance period ending on February 27, 2025. Covar Applied Technologies is a self-certified small disadvantaged business that...
- This federal contract award is for a $1,999,605.08 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program contract from the Department of the Army awarded to Covar, LLC, doing business as Covar Applied Technologies Inc. The contract is for sensor technology research and development, with a performance period running through June 13, 2026. Covar, LLC is a small disadvantaged business based in McLean, Virginia that specializes in advanced technology research, development, and consulting...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $2.47M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Covar, LLC, a small disadvantaged business based in McLean, Virginia, for the development of MINGLER (Multi-Modal Information Gleaner for Contact Report Filtering). Under this firm fixed-price definitive contract, Covar will deliver advanced technology solutions designed to filter and analyze contact report data through multi-modal information processing...
- Kitware Inc., a small business software company based in Clifton Park, New York, was awarded a $11.54 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on April 21, 2023, for research and development of "Aligned Moral Language Models with Interpretable and Graph-Based Knowledge." The contract, which extends to December 20, 2026, is not set aside for any specific business category and represents DARPA's investment in advancing...
- The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a $150,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Covar LLC, a for-profit S corporation, for research and development services related to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategic Challenge Project. The contract provides hex grid services to enable statistical and symbolic planning algorithms to work efficiently in a multi-domain environment. This sole-source award was based on a Justification for Non-Competitive...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD) awarded a $991,401 Other Transaction Agreement to Cynnovative, LLC of Arlington, Virginia for the AGENT WITH COOPERATION AND COERCION FOR OPTIMAL REASONING IN DIPLOMACY (ACCORD) program. The contract will run from January 3, 2022 through November 2, 2023 and utilize other pricing. The ACCORD program appears to involve developing artificial intelligence capabilities to assist in diplomatic negotiations, though additional context was not...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $3.72M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Kitware Inc., a small business software developer based in Clifton Park, New York, for the Artificial Intelligence Quantified (AIQ) program. The contract, awarded May 9, 2025, with a completion date of May 9, 2028, supports DARPA's strategic objective to develop technology that assesses and quantifies the capabilities of AI systems to enable guaranteed performance. Under the AIQ...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to Covar, LLC for VECTOREDAI: Dynamic Human/AI Alignment via Probabilistic KDMA Modeling and Latent Semantic Steering, with a ceiling value of $1,799,873.87 and an award date of March 2, 2026. This OTA sits outside the FAR and is authorized under DARPA's other transaction authority. Covar, LLC is a small disadvantaged business headquartered in McLean, Virginia, specializing in advanced technology research, development, and consulting services for federal defense and intelligence agencies. The agreement runs through March 2, 2029, with performance at Covar's West McLean, Virginia facility. The effort addresses dynamic alignment between human operators and artificial intelligence systems through probabilistic Key Driver Model Attribute (KDMA) modeling and latent semantic steering techniques—work aligned with DARPA's broader investments in trustworthy AI and human-machine teaming. Covar brings substantial prior DARPA engagement, including recent work on the Autonomy Rules program ($7.0 million) and the MINGLER project ($2.47 million), positioning the company within DARPA's portfolio of AI and autonomous systems performers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $700.0k | 3/4/26 |