Contract Award: Leidos Inc. (Reston, Virginia) – $8,570,199

Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, was awarded an $8,570,199 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Quantum Augmented Network (QuaNET) program. QuaNET seeks to integrate quantum and classical networking approaches to provide quantum physics-based security capabilities to critical network infrastructures. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia (34%); Huntsville, Alabama (26%); Vista, California (22%); and Austin, Texas (18%), with an expected completion date of June 2028. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,057,807 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition under Broad Agency Announcement HR001123S0035, and 18 offers were received. The Defense Advanced Research Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR0011-24-C-0438).