SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$17,553,107
Award amount
—
Award date
FA807522F0019
PIID
Awardee
86
Total awards
$2,191,187,549
Total $ won
3.0/19
Avg AI score
Description
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ENGINEERING (SAAVE) FOR UNITED STATES (U.S.) ARMY DEVELOPMENT COMMAND (DEVCOM) GROUND VEHICLE SYSTEMS CENTER (GVSC) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE (SED)
Score Rationale
While 'autonomous vehicle engineering' invokes ML/autonomy concepts, the contract title emphasizes 'systems analysis' and 'systems engineering' — hallmarks of integration and process work rather than AI development. SAIC is a Fortune 500 legacy defense integrator ($7B+ revenue, typical boilerplate name), not an AI-native firm, and the award description contains no technical detail on what ML models, algorithms, or autonomous capabilities are being built — only bureaucratic framing (DEVCOM, GVSC, SED) that signals a traditional systems engineering engagement rather than applied AI R&D.