RAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$500,000
Award amount
—
Award date
FA237725CB034
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
SENSING OPERATION USING PREDICTION (SOUP)
Score Rationale
The acronym 'SOUP' and 'prediction' language suggest ML involvement, but the description contains zero technical substance—no AI/ML methods named, no deliverable definition, and no evidence this is core to the award rather than marketing nomenclature. Problem framing is absent entirely; 'sensing operation' is generic military language with no operational context, end-user, or success criteria stated. Raytheon is a legacy defense prime (tier-1 integrator), disqualifying this from AI-native startup signal regardless of contract merit.