LEIDOS, INC.
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$56,300,461
Award amount
—
Award date
FA807524F0016
PIID
Awardee
134
Total awards
$2,329,919,918
Total $ won
2.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
SEE SECTION J, ATTACHMENT 1, P1-23-2490 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) CRITICAL MINERALS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT.
Score Rationale
The award description contains no substantive contract language—only a reference to an external PWS document (P1-23-2490)—making it impossible to assess genuine AI/ML content; critically, the awardee is Leidos, a $15B+ legacy defense prime, not an AI-native firm. Without access to the actual PWS, no evidence of AI techniques, operational problem definition, or meaningful ML deliverables can be identified; the phrase 'critical minerals and materials R&D' suggests materials science and supply chain, not AI systems. This appears to be a large systems integration contract with buzzword-level AI risk at best.