BlackHorse Solutions, Inc., a Parsons Company, Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $11,666,293 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, excluding unexercised options, for a research project under the Signature Management using Operational Knowledge and Environments (SMOKE) program. The SMOKE program will develop data-driven tools to automate the planning and execution of threat-emulated cyber infrastructure needed for network security assessments. Work will be performed in Herndon, Virginia (45%); Cincinnati, Ohio (31%), Herriman, Utah (8%), Sykesville, Maryland (8%), and Denver, Colorado (8%), with an expected completion date of September 2025. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and engineering funds in the amount of $663,026 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition under broad agency announcement HR001122S0006, and 26 offers were received. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR001122C0150).
Peraton Labs, Inc., Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been awarded a $7,926,754 change order modification (P00014) to previously awarded, research and development, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HR001118C0136 to extend the scope of work on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project. Work will be performed in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and is expected to be completed by October 2023. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,450,435 were obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.