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Award notice, first published as solicitation

Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²)

HR001124S0037

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

127 open like this View on SAM.gov Markdown

Awarded

Sri International

$3,045,000.00 obligated so far on USAspending

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This one was awarded in 2024

127 like it are open now in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

All 127 open in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

Description

As published on SAM.gov with the solicitation of October 29, 2024.

PWND² will develop formal models of emergent communication pathways to fundamentally improve how we deploy and detect robust and resilient hidden networks in the real world. The program will pair software-defined networking approaches with formal methods to provide provable privacy and performance guarantees for hidden communication systems at meaningful scale.

The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Systems & Technology Research LLC
UEI
SA7ZWUEM9RG4
CAGE
65L89
Vendor location
Woburn, MA
Contract
HR001125CE018, definitive contract
Obligated
$3,045,000.00, current value $5,164,534
Actions
6 between July 24, 2025 and January 20, 2026
Competition
Full and Open Competition, 28 offers received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (Pwnd2) Stage 2.
Match
solicitation number HR001124S0037 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office HR0011 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page
Recipient
RTX BBN Technologies, Inc.
UEI
JAXJSTJJSP74
CAGE
3U6L5
Vendor location
Cambridge, MA
Contract
HR001125CE019, definitive contract
Obligated
$3,613,000.00, current value $6,636,669, potential $9,379,534
Actions
5 between July 24, 2025 and January 20, 2026
Competition
Full and Open Competition, 16 offers received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (Pwnd2) Stage 2 - RTX BBN
Match
solicitation number HR001124S0037 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office HR0011 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page
Recipient
Two Six Labs, LLC
UEI
EP8HTN6PUJW3
CAGE
4AS04
Vendor location
Arlington, VA
Contract
HR001125CE021, definitive contract
Obligated
$2,299,157.00, current value $4,064,342, potential $7,244,552
Actions
5 between July 24, 2025 and January 20, 2026
Competition
Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (Pwnd2)
Match
solicitation number HR001124S0037 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office HR0011 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page
Recipient
Sri International
UEI
SRG2J1WS9X63
CAGE
03652
Vendor location
Menlo Park, CA
Contract
HR001125CE024, definitive contract
Obligated
$1,921,050.00, current value $3,616,131
Actions
5 between July 22, 2025 and January 20, 2026
Competition
Full and Open Competition, 16 offers received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (Pwnd2)
Match
award number HR001125CE024 equals the contract number; same awarding office HR0011 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page
Recipient
Stealth Software Technologies, Inc.
UEI
NKABN1ZNE7B7
CAGE
4LT47
Vendor location
Los Angeles, CA
Contract
HR001125CE025, definitive contract
Obligated
$2,709,827.00, current value $4,331,625
Actions
6 between July 23, 2025 and March 16, 2026
Competition
Full and Open Competition, 16 offers received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (Pwnd2)
Match
solicitation number HR001124S0037 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office HR0011 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. September 19, 2024

    Solicitation

    Due November 5, 2024. SAM.gov, notice 50f5d34751914505b0ac728b8aa4a59b

  2. October 29, 2024

    Solicitation

    Due November 5, 2024. SAM.gov, notice 34e2ad654dd6462089e0860ae32f14ec

  3. October 29, 2024

    Solicitation

    Due November 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice ea7e43f7b8bd44988d31a92195eb92ca

  4. July 25, 2025

    Award notice, originally solicitation

    Awarded to SRI INTERNATIONAL Menlo Park for $3,616,131. SAM.gov, notice f3bd437d35e04ba788c75fabfe4c95cc

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