Narf Industries LLC
San Diego, CA Part of Narf Holdings US, Inc.
- UEI
- KLH6EEAZCJ76
- CAGE
- 6NP26
- Primary NAICS
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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Parent
San Diego, CA
GNB6SWT2TN17
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Parent
San Diego, CA
GNB6SWT2TN17
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 967 W Laurel St #8, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
- Website
- narfindustries.com
- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- SIC code
- 73 Business Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $7,198,061 |
| FY2025 | $2,144,905 |
| FY2024 | $2,769,252 |
| FY2023 | $4,668,241 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | $7,198,061 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles River Analytics, Inc. | N6600124C4501 | $449,362 |
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | DECR0000051 | $399,982 |
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About the company
Narf Industries LLC, a foreign-owned small disadvantaged business based in San Diego, California, delivers advanced research and development in cybersecurity, information security, and software analysis to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and select defense and civilian health agencies, operating predominantly as a prime contractor (80% of recent awards) on Other Transaction Agreements and definitive contracts without set-aside designation.
Narf Industries is a child entity of Narf Holdings US, Inc., also foreign-owned, and competes on merit across full-and-open procurements rather than through SBA set-aside categories. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on protocol security and verification for autonomous systems, computational methods for software feasibility assessment, advanced tool development for identifying and mitigating unintended software behaviors, and binary artifact analysis. Representative prime work includes a $6.8 million DARPA definitive contract (awarded January 2025, completing January 2027) for the Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security (INGOTS) program to develop computational approaches for measuring technical feasibility across AI and quantum domains; a $3.7 million DARPA Other Transaction Agreement (awarded December 2025, completing December 2027) for "Helpful Strangers on a Bus," a protocol for active trust probing and recovery; a $2.7 million DARPA Other Transaction Agreement (awarded April 2026, completing October 2027) for PARSEVERANCE, addressing protocol parser security and verification for multi-domain autonomous systems; and a $6.4 million DARPA definitive contract (awarded September 2022, completing September 2026) under the HARDEN program to develop tools anticipating and isolating unintended software behaviors in development toolchains.
Customer concentration is extreme — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency accounts for 6 awards and $26.9 million in combined potential value, representing 93% of the vendor's tracked portfolio. The remaining 7% splits across Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters ($1.9 million), Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate ($100 thousand), Department of Energy Office of Cyber Security, and Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command. Combined potential value across all ten awards is $28.8 million, with $18.9 million obligated (65% drawdown). Four awards valued at $19.6 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure. In subcontractor roles, Narf Industries provides subject-matter expertise on software security to Charles River Analytics under a DARPA program and performs static analysis of binary artifacts and commercialization support for the DISCOVER tool set as a sub-recipient under a New York University federal research grant. Work is performed under NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and defense R&D PSC codes.
SBA capabilities narrative
Narf Industries is composed of highly skilled reverse engineers (RE), vulnerability analysts / researchers (VA / VR), exploit developers and program analysis (PA) experts. We offer cyber security solutions from silicon to sandbox and from baseband to browser.
Narf offers decades of experience, drawing from academia, industry (Fortune 100) and government (military, NSA, Intelligence Community / IC, CERT, FFRDC). As government employees, we led cutting-edge, classified CNO & Forensics efforts. As contractors, we're intimately involved in DARPA's $2MM Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC) and have successfully completed several Cyber Fast Track (CFT)s, delivering next-generation R&D tailored to the needs of the federal government.
Quick answers
Is Narf Industries LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Narf Industries LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through June 24, 2027.
How much has Narf Industries LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $2,144,905 to Narf Industries LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $16,780,459 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Narf Industries LLC rank among federal contractors?
Narf Industries LLC ranked #94 at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in FY2025.
What is Narf Industries LLC's most recent federal award?
Narf Industries LLC's most recent federal contract award is Parseverance: securing multi-domain autonomy with safe and verified protocol parsers (HR0011269E099), from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, on April 24, 2026.
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