ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
15/19
AI / ML Relevance
6/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
5/5
Award
$8,278,707
Award amount
—
Award date
FA558724P0057
PIID
Awardee
98
Total awards
$911,222,109
Total $ won
10.2/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE 48TH FIGHTER WING (48 FW) SEEKS AN EXPEDITIONARY-STYLE WIDE-AREA INFRARED SYSTEM FOR PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE (WISP) SYSTEM TO FORTIFY SECURITY MEASURES AT RAF LAKENHEATH AIRFIELD.
Score Rationale
Anduril is a known AI-native defense startup (founded 2017, autonomous systems focus), scoring highest on awardee quality. The problem is operationally specific (persistent wide-area surveillance at a named airfield) but the award description names only the hardware/sensor system (infrared), not the AI/ML techniques that likely underpin it—anomaly detection, track fusion, or autonomous tasking are implied but not stated, limiting AI/ML relevance to a 6 (primary component but integration-heavy).