NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$8,814,223
Award amount
—
Award date
FA238524CB003
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEAT REMOVAL IN ELECTRONICS AT THE DEVICE SCALE (THREADS)
Score Rationale
This award has zero AI/ML relevance—'THREADS' is a thermal engineering program focused on heat removal in electronics at the device scale, with no mention of machine learning, autonomous systems, or data-driven algorithms. Problem framing is modest (thermal management is a real warfighter enabler, but framed as a materials/engineering challenge rather than an operational problem). Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a legacy defense prime ($36B+ annual revenue), disqualifying it entirely on awardee quality grounds.