GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
1/5
Award
$1,760,108
Award amount
—
Award date
FA821023F0007
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
PROCUREMENT OF ARTS-V1 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSAL (ECP) FOR CLUTTER MITIGATION / IMPLEMENTATION SOFTWARE UPGRADE.
Score Rationale
The award is a systems engineering change proposal (ECP) for 'clutter mitigation' software on an existing platform (ARTS-V1), with no mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or autonomous capabilities — this is legacy radar/sensor software maintenance. Problem framing is purely administrative ('implementation software upgrade') with no articulated operational challenge or success criteria. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp is an institutional research entity (effectively FFRDC-adjacent), not an AI-native startup, and the 'ARTS-V1' nomenclature signals an existing legacy system rather than a novel AI capability.