Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2023)
Recipient: RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Contract Management Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2015-06-03 to 2018-11-30
Current total value of award: $13521010
Description: BBN'S AWARD UNDER THE EDGE-DIRECTED CYBER TECHNOLOGIES FOR RELIABLE MISSION (EDGECT PROGRAM.  BBN WILL CREATE AN INTRINSICALLY RESILIENT OVERLAY NETWORK (IRON), WHICH IS A GATEWAY-BASED SOLUTION THAT IMPROVES THE PERFORMANCE OF APPLICATIONS THAT MUST EXCHANGE INFORMATION BETWEEN SECURITY ENCLAVES OVER A WIDE-AREA NETWORK DURING FAULTS, MISCONFIGURATIONS AND ATTACKS.