Army AI contract to Applied Research in Acoustics (W15QKN24C0038)

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

W15QKN24C00381

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

2024-05-291

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

FY20241

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.

Department of the Army1

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

Applied Research in Acoustics 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.

Definitive contract1

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

$1,999,8431

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.

$1,999,8431

Performance startStart of the period of performance.

2024-05-311

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

2027-05-301

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.

541380: Testing laboratories and services1

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

SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PHASE II SELECTED UNDER TOPIC A22B-T002 FOR VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, ASSURANCE AND TRUST OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS AND DATA FOR SAFETY CRITICAL APPLICATION IN ARMAMENTS SYSTEMS1

CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.

Full and open after exclusion of sources1

Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.

11

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

Firm fixed price1

1. USAspending.gov award W15QKN24C0038 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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