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
$2,819,044
Award amount
—
Award date
FA240126F0001
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WARFIGHTER INTEGRATION CELL (WIC), TO 0001
Score Rationale
The award description contains zero mention of AI, ML, machine learning, computer vision, NLP, autonomous systems, or any related technique — it names only a 'Warfighter Integration Cell,' which is an organizational/coordination unit. JHU APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC) owned by Johns Hopkins, placing it firmly in the legacy defense establishment tier, not an AI-native startup. The problem framing is purely administrative (standing up an integration office) with no articulated operational challenge, success metric, or end-user capability gap.