RAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$680,218
Award amount
—
Award date
FA850924F0004
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
NEXTGEN SMP TEST RACK
Score Rationale
Award description contains zero mention of AI, ML, algorithms, autonomy, or data science techniques — 'NEXTGEN SMP TEST RACK' is infrastructure/hardware procurement language with no AI/ML substance. Problem framing is absent; no operational challenge, end-user need, or success criteria articulated — purely a procurement item name. Raytheon is a legacy prime contractor ($67B+ revenue), the antithesis of AI-native startup procurement, and this contract type (test rack equipment) signals traditional defense hardware integration, not modern AI development.