BAE Systems Inc., Merrimack, New Hampshire, has been awarded an $8,645,586 modification (P00010) to cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HR001121C0068 to exercise Phase 2B option of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $26,498,101 from $17,852,515. Work will be performed in Merrimack, New Hampshire (53%); Cambridge, Massachusetts (30%); Marion, Illinois (8%); Atlanta, Georgia (6%); and Billerica, Massachusetts (3%), with an estimated completion date of April 2024. Fiscal 2023 research and development funds in the amount of $4,929,578 are being obligated at the time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.