Hadal Inc.,* Oakland, California, is awarded an $8,778,566 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the effort titled “Development and Testing of Large Scale Interfaces.” This contract provides for the development, prototyping, and testing of systems and interfaces necessary for a larger vehicle to transport and utilize smaller systems. The contractor shall develop hardware systems suitable for transporting and deploying smaller systems. The contractor shall develop software systems suitable for interfacing with and communicating relevant tasking to the smaller systems. Work will be performed in Oakland, California, with an expected completion date of Dec. 23, 2024. The maximum dollar value, including a 39-month base period and no option periods, is $8,778,566. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $150,000 are obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under long range broad agency announcement (BAA) N00014-21-S-B001. Since proposals are received throughout the year under the long range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00014-21-C-2052).