BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$10,151,514
Award amount
—
Award date
FA823217F0187
PIID
Awardee
119
Total awards
$2,321,228,686
Total $ won
2.1/19
Avg AI score
Description
IGF::OT::IGF ADVANCED IDENTIFICATION FRIEND OR FOE (AIFF) MODE 5
Score Rationale
BAE Systems is a legacy defense prime (large integrator pattern), disqualifying the awardee score. The contract is titled around 'Advanced IFF Mode 5'—a radar/identification protocol—with no explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, neural networks, or learning systems in the description; IFF has been a signal-processing domain for decades, and 'advanced' here likely refers to protocol enhancement rather than machine learning. Problem framing is vague and operational ('identification friend or foe') but lacks specificity on sensor fusion, contested environments, or quantified capability gaps.