DARPA AI order to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (HR001126FE045)

Award IDThe PIID for contracts and IDVs, the FAIN for grants and cooperative agreements, exactly as USAspending.gov lists it.

HR001126FE0451

Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.

2026-07-061

Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.

FY20261

AgencyTop-tier awarding agency, as named by USAspending.gov.

Department of Defense1

Sub-agencyAwarding sub-tier agency (for example Department of the Army inside the Department of Defense). Empty when it equals the agency.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency1

RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC1

Award typeThe award vehicle. Contracts and orders spend money; IDIQs, BPAs and GWACs are vehicles that orders are placed against; grants and cooperative agreements are financial assistance.

Delivery order1

Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.

$1,169,9101

Ceiling $Base and all options value: the most the contract or IDV can reach if every option is exercised. A ceiling is not spending; never add it to obligations. Empty for grants.

$1,929,0461

Performance startStart of the period of performance.

2026-07-061

Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).

2027-11-071

PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.

AC11: National defense R&D services; department of defense - military; basic research1

NAICSNAICS industry code on the latest contract action, with its description.

541715: Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)1

Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.

COMPOSITIONAL LEARNING-AND-REASONING FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPLEX SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (CLARA) EFFORT UNDER THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (JHU)/ APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) UNIVERSITY AFFILIATE RESEARCH CENTER (UARC) SUPPORT SERVICES1

CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.

Not competed1

PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).

Cost plus fixed fee1

Parent vehiclePIID of the IDIQ, schedule or BPA an order was placed against.

HR001122D00011

1. USAspending.gov award HR001126FE045 accessed 2026-11-11

Obligated is money committed to date. Ceiling is the base-and-all-options value: the most the award can reach. The two are never added.

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