Jones, Mark Q

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Department of Defense
Email: mark.jones@darpa.mil
Phone: Not on record
Latest SAM.gov record: Jul 9, 2026

Contact facts

Offices: 5
SAM.gov notices: 13
Contract awards and IDVs: 219 213 awards, 6 IDVs, as contracting staff
Top vendors: Sri International 13 awards and IDVs · $51M in award value

Peraton Labs Inc. 12 awards and IDVs · $134M in award value
First SAM.gov record: Sep 30, 2010

Notices come from SAM.gov and awards from FPDS, which names the staff who created, approved or last changed an award without saying which.

SAM.gov notices

Notice	Posted
HR001124C0492 Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 25, 2024
HR001124C0501 Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 24, 2024
HR001124C0489 Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 24, 2024
HR001124C0490 Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 20, 2024
HR001124C0486 Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 19, 2024
HR001124C0488 Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 13, 2024
HR001124C0493 Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Aug 14, 2024
HR001124C0487 Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Aug 7, 2024
HR001124C0429 Cyber Agents for Security Testing and Learning Environments (CASTLE) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jun 24, 2024
HR001124C0426 Cyber Agents for Security Testing and Learning Environments (CASTLE) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jun 24, 2024
HR001124C0431 Cyber Agents for Security Testing and Learning Environments (CASTLE) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jun 17, 2024
HR001124C0424 Cyber Agents for Security Testing and Learning Environments (CASTLE) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jun 4, 2024
HR001124C0362 Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Apr 14, 2024

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Contract awards and IDVs

Award	Awarded	Obligated
Weirdscience other transaction for prototype HR0011259E022 · Kudu Dynamics LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 30, 2025	$5,697,067
Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (CASTLE) program. HR001124C0425 · Vanderbilt University · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jul 1, 2024	$4,483,282
Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (CASTLE) program. HR001124C0428 · Trustees Of Dartmouth College · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jun 1, 2024	$2,475,289
Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (CASTLE) program HR001124C0431 · Five Directions, Inc. · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jul 1, 2024	$4,290,279
Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (CASTLE) program HR001124C0426 · Siemens Corporation · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jun 21, 2024	$2,286,532
Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (CASTLE) program. HR001124C0432 · Six24 Cyber Labs LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jul 1, 2024	$4,173,029
Resilient supply-and-demand network (RSDN) program. HR001123C0028 · RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Dec 21, 2022	$6,839,413
Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (CASTLE) program HR001124C0430 · Cybermonic LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jun 15, 2024	$1,255,073
Exponentiating mathematics (EXPMATH) program. HR001126CE054 · University Of California, LOS Angeles · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Mar 18, 2026	$1,542,857
Compiler-enforced secrecy seedling HR0011269E179 · Trail Of Bits Inc. · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jun 23, 2026	$1,416,206
Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (CASTLE) program. HR001124C0427 · Punch Cyber Corp · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jul 1, 2024	$3,416,228
Artificial intelligence quantified (AIQ) HR001125CE017 · Kitware Inc. · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	May 9, 2025	$2,521,683
Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (CASTLE) program HR001124C0424 · A2 Labs, LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	May 31, 2024	$9,784,083
Signature management using operational knowledge and environments (SMOKE) phase I and II HR001123C0035 · Georgia TECH Research Corp · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Oct 5, 2022	$22,867,169
Anticipatory and adaptive anti-money laundering (A3ML) program HR0011269E002 · HRL Laboratories, LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jan 16, 2026	$1,478,000
Resilient encryption system optimization utility testbed effects bits sbir phase II HR001124C0317 · Clarity Cyber LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Mar 20, 2024	$2,995,187
Code-to-model analysis ready for verification engines (CARVE) HR001126CE068 · Riverside Research Institute · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	May 8, 2026	$484,721
Enhanced sbom for optimized software sustainment (E-BOSS) program. HR001124C0486 · Aarno Labs LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Oct 7, 2024	$3,448,339
Enhanced sbom for optimized software sustainment (E-BOSS) program. HR001124C0487 · Cromulence LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Aug 6, 2024	$3,564,928
Enhanced sbom for optimized software sustainment (E-BOSS) program HR001124C0489 · Riverside Research Institute · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Oct 7, 2024	$2,860,904
Machine learning and optimization-guided compilers for heterogeneous architectures (MOCHA) program. HR001125CE038 · Aarno Labs LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 5, 2025	$2,533,649
Hardening development toolchains against emergent execution engines (HARDEN) program. HR00112490416 · Margin Research LLC · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Sep 20, 2024	$1,042,921
Enhanced sbom for optimized software sustainment (E-BOSS) program. HR001124C0488 · Galois, Inc. · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Oct 7, 2024	$3,862,451
Anticipatory and adaptive anti-money laundering (A3ML) program HR0011269E005 · RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Jan 23, 2026	$1,988,745
Aritificial intelligence quantified (AIQ) HR001125CE020 · Sri International · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	May 15, 2025	$940,592

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Latest 25 of 219 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

Top vendors

Rank	Vendor	Awards and IDVs	Award value
1	Sri International	13	$51M
2	Peraton Labs Inc.	12	$134M
3	RTX BBN Technologies, Inc.	10	$81.9M
4	Galois, Inc.	7	$46.6M
5	Two Six Labs, LLC	7	$120M
6	University Of Southern California	7	$64.2M
7	Kudu Dynamics LLC	5	$76.1M
8	BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc.	4	$44.6M
9	Lockheed Martin Corporation	4	$28.6M
10	The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.	4	$16.4M

Award value adds up the base and exercised options recorded for the contract awards naming them. IDVs carry no value of their own.

Top NAICS codes

Rank	NAICS code	SAM.gov records
1	541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)	164
2	541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)	52
3	541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)	2
4	541511 Custom Computer Programming Services	1

Top PSC codes

Rank	PSC code	SAM.gov records
1	AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research	92
2	AD92 R&D- Defense Other: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)	84
3	AD91 R&D- Defense Other: Other (Basic Research)	17
4	AC11 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Basic Research	15
5	AD93 R&D- Defense Other: Other (Advanced Development)	11
6	AC15 National Defense R&D Svcs; Department Of Defense - Military; R&D Facilities & Maj Equip	9
7	AA12 Agriculture R&D Services; Agricultural Research And Services; Applied Research	1
8	AC13 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Experimental Development	1
9	AE92 R&D- Economic Growth: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)	1
10	D399 It And Telecom- Other It And Telecommunications	1

Offices

Rank	Office	SAM.gov records
1	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	227
2	Naval Air Systems Command (Navy)	2
3	Air Force Research Laboratory (AFMC)	1
4	Secretary of the Air Force (HAF)	1
5	Defense Contract Management Agency	1

Quick answers

Who is Jones, Mark Q?

Jones, Mark Q is a federal contracting contact at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense). Point of contact on 13 SAM.gov notices and contracting staff on 213 contract awards and 6 IDVs, from September 30, 2010 to July 9, 2026.

What agency does Jones, Mark Q work for?

Jones, Mark Q's SAM.gov records name Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense) most, among 5 offices.

How do I contact Jones, Mark Q?

SAM.gov lists Jones, Mark Q's email mark.jones@darpa.mil.

What is the latest SAM.gov notice naming Jones, Mark Q?

HR001124C0492 Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS), award notice, posted September 25, 2024.

Which vendors has Jones, Mark Q awarded contracts to?

The vendors on the most contract awards and IDVs naming Jones, Mark Q are Sri International, Peraton Labs Inc. and RTX BBN Technologies, Inc.. Jones, Mark Q's contract awards to Sri International add up to $51M in base and exercised options.