Other Transaction Agreement HR00111790025

This is a $3,723,776.00 Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Arm Limited, a foreign-owned, for-profit organization. The contract is for the development of a prototype sub-threshold Arm Cortex-M0 microcontroller for near-zero power sensors, referred to as the "M0N0" project. The work is being performed in Great Britain, United Kingdom.

Arm Limited has previously served as a subcontractor on federal contracts, providing computer processors, software licenses, and related services to prime contractors like Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for use by the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. The company has also supported advanced computer architecture research and development through grant subawards. This OTA contract appears to be a direct award to Arm Limited without any set-aside designation.