Definitive contract · W5170125CA160
Army AI contract to Aptima (W5170125CA160)
Department of the Army (Department of Defense) signed a definitive contract with Aptima on 23 May 2025 for: Aptima inc SBIR phase II creation of the scenario-based prototype tool for testing and developing AI/ML capabilities along with the multi-modal synthetic data corpus that can train high fidelity AI/ML algorithms. $1.1M obligated.
In context
Across 411 awards- Ranks 263 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 0.11% of the agency's $984M.
- Aptima's only award in this ledger.
- Fully obligated: the obligation already equals the ceiling.
- Period of performance: 24 months, one of 151 AI awards signed in FY2025.
Award record
Source per value- Award IDThe PIID for contracts and IDVs, the FAIN for grants and cooperative agreements, exactly as USAspending.gov lists it.
- W5170125CA1601
- Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
- 2025-05-231
- Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
- FY20251
- 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.
- Aptima Inc.1
- Parent companyThe recipient's parent entity in SAM.gov, when it differs from the recipient.
- Aptima, Inc.1
- 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.
- $1,099,9991
- 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.
- $1,099,9991
- Performance startStart of the period of performance.
- 2025-06-021
- Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
- 2027-06-021
- PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
- AC12: National defense R&D services; department of defense - military; applied 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.
- APTIMA INC SBIR PHASE II CREATION OF THE SCENARIO-BASED PROTOTYPE TOOL FOR TESTING AND DEVELOPING AI/ML CAPABILITIES ALONG WITH THE MULTI-MODAL SYNTHETIC DATA CORPUS THAT CAN TRAIN HIGH FIDELITY AI/ML ALGORITHMS.1
- 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
Source
- USAspending.gov award W5170125CA160 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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