THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,203,976
Award amount
—
Award date
FA229924FB006
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (JHU/APL) INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) TASK ORDER 13
Score Rationale
This is an IDIQ task order with no deliverable scope articulated—the description is a pure procurement instrument (contract vehicle name only). JHU/APL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), a legacy institution, not an AI-native firm. Without a task order description naming specific problems or AI/ML techniques, this award reveals nothing about AI adoption or startup opportunity; it is administratively structured contracting, not evidence of AI-native defense procurement.