Phaedrus LLC

Phaedrus LLC is an 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, that specializes in advanced research, engineering, and technical services in cybersecurity, emerging technologies, and national security. As a minority-owned, veteran-owned, and Hispanic American-owned corporation, Phaedrus has established itself as a trusted prime contractor and subcontractor across multiple defense and intelligence agencies. The company leverages expertise in electromagnetic spectrum technologies, cyberspace operations, command and control systems, and intelligence and surveillance capabilities to support critical government missions related to cyber defense, electronic warfare, and next-generation defense initiatives.

Phaedrus LLC has demonstrated substantial contracting experience across the defense sector through multiple prime contract awards totaling approximately $32.3 million in definitive contracts and delivery orders. The company's most significant recent award is a $25.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, issued in September 2025, to develop cutting-edge electromagnetic spectrum and cyberspace technologies for the Air Force's Capabilities for Cyber Advancement initiative, with an ultimate completion date of November 2030. Additional prime contracts include a $4.5 million firm fixed-price definitive contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for C2ISR non-kinetic Statement of Work research under an 8(a) sole source set-aside, awarded in October 2024 with completion scheduled for October 2026; a $1.46 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from the Secretary of the Air Force awarded in April 2025 to support the Office of Information and Cyber enterprise; a $300,000 purchase order from Washington Headquarters Service in July 2024 for a comprehensive analysis of technology landscape and capabilities across Offensive Information Environment, Cyber Security Operations, and Electronic Warfare; a $190,000 purchase order from West Point Military Academy in August 2023 for an educational video series; a $500,437 purchase order from West Point Military Academy in February 2022 for graphic novel production on information warfare and weapons of mass destruction; and a $249,990 definitive contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense in December 2021 to conduct a survey of the Department of Defense's offensive cyberspace operations industrial base. As a subcontractor, Phaedrus has worked under prime contractors including Accenture Federal Services LLC, Chameleon Consulting Group LLC, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., and American Systems Corporation, providing cyber warfare subject matter expertise, architecture and engineering services, agile product ownership and management, and research and development technical and engineering services.

Phaedrus LLC has received one prime federal grant award in the form of a $149,377 cooperative agreement from West Point Military Academy under the Army's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), awarded in December 2022. Under this cooperative agreement, which was completed in August 2023, Phaedrus applied threatcasting methodologies to predict future vulnerabilities, threats, and risks associated with the adoption of 6G systems and technologies. This grant represented a collaborative research effort between Phaedrus and the Army to support improvements to Army programs and operations related to emerging wireless technologies, leveraging the company's specialized expertise in threat forecasting and national security implications assessment.

Phaedrus LLC holds two significant federal contract Indefinite Delivery Vehicles that position the company for ongoing task order opportunities. The first is a $4.5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract from the Secretary of the Air Force, awarded in April 2025 with an ultimate completion date of April 2028, under an 8(a) sole source set-aside designation. This IDC is structured to support the Office of Information and Cyber enterprise by reviewing and establishing plans in the evolving sector information and cyber environment, with the first delivery order valued at $1.46 million. The second is a substantially larger $490 million Other Transaction Indefinite Delivery Vehicle awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on January 4, 2023, under the Constellation Prototype Agreement with no set-aside designation. Under this IDV, Phaedrus serves as prime contractor and consortium lead to provide prototype development, test and evaluation, and research services focused on advancing national security space technologies and next-generation capabilities. The Other Transaction vehicle structure enables DARPA to issue task orders for discrete research projects aligned with the agency's mission to develop innovative defense technologies and transform space enterprises, allowing flexible engagement on specific research initiatives while maintaining the substantial $490 million ceiling value across the vehicle's period of performance.