GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
6/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
1/5
Award
$57,049,311
Award amount
—
Award date
FA807523F0004
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
ACCELERATING SOLUTIONS FOR ELECTRONIC WARFARE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE AND COUNTERMEASURES
Score Rationale
The award title emphasizes 'electronic warfare' and 'countermeasures' with no explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or autonomous systems—suggesting this is likely traditional signal processing, RF engineering, or systems integration rather than core AI work. Problem framing is minimal: 'accelerating solutions' is generic and lacks operational specificity (e.g., no mention of adversary, contested environment, sensor fusion, or quantifiable outcome). GTARC is a university research corporation entity, which typically acts as a contracting vehicle for institutional R&D rather than an AI-native startup, and the scale ($57M) and framing point toward broad research acceleration rather than focused AI product delivery.