About $2.90M to Lockheed Martin — the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency programme Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements, with only the programme name recorded
A definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The description carries only the programme name and its acronym. Obligations are about $2,895,710 over 546 days, from 2024-02-07 to 2025-08-06. A number beginning HR0011 marks that agency.
Contract key facts
- RecipientLockheed Martin
- Contract value$2,895,710 (≈$2.9M)
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2024-02-07 〜 2025-08-06
- Contract ID (PIID)HR001124C0356
Contract scope (original)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REINFORCEMENTS (AIR)
Key points
- The description carries only a programme name and its acronym; what is researched is not recorded.
- Agencies running research name a programme and refer to it by that name, which communicates internally but leaves little handle from outside.
- Of the 222 federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01, 17 carry a contract number beginning HR.
- Those 222 records carry 180 recipient names, mostly one each, while the 207 Department of Defense contracts carry only 50.
- All 155 records beginning with a letter were Department of Defense and all 67 beginning with a digit were not, with no exceptions.
1Only the programme name is written
What the description carries is a programme name and its acronym. What is researched, and how much of it this award covers, is not recorded. The name invites guessing, and guessing is what it stays.
Agencies running research commonly give a programme a name and refer to it by that name. Among those involved it communicates; from outside, without knowing the name there is no handle. Of the 222 federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01, 17 begin with HR, several of them carrying nothing but a programme name.
2The recipient is a large defense company
The recipient is a company widely known in the defense field. Across the 222 federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01 there are 180 recipient names, most companies holding a single award, while the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-09-01 carry only 50 recipient names.
General AI-related procurement brings out small firms and universities, while equipment procurement gathers into a few large companies. This record is a case of a large company appearing in research procurement. Involvement from the research stage can bear on position at later stages, though the record does not reach that far.
3A contract number beginning HR0011
The HR0011 marks the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Records of the Defense Contract Management Agency also begin with HR, with following digits separating the buyer.
Across the 222 federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01, all 155 beginning with a letter were awarded by the Department of Defense and all 67 beginning with a digit outside it, with no exceptions. The leading character settles the broad division and the following digits narrow it to the buyer. The period runs 546 days.
Why it matters
In research procurement a programme name is often all that survives in the record. Sufficient for those who know it, it leaves little for anyone tracing from outside. Transparency in public data turns not only on whether records exist but on the conventions by which they are written.
FAQ
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Sources (primary)
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：HR001124C0356