RAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,100,000
Award amount
—
Award date
FA239426CB008
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
MANUFACTURING ADVANCES IN THE SCALING OF THIN ELECTRO-OPTIC RESOURCES FOR MAKING INTEGRATED NIOBATE DEVICES (MASTERMIND)
Score Rationale
MASTERMIND is a materials science and electro-optic manufacturing program with no explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, models, or algorithmic systems—it focuses on scaling niobate device fabrication. Problem framing is vague ('manufacturing advances') without articulated operational end-state or success metrics. Raytheon is a legacy defense prime ($25B+ revenue), the clearest signal of incumbent rather than AI-native procurement.