NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
1/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$17,380,491
Award amount
—
Award date
FA857623F0012
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
EMBEDDED GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM/INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM (EGI), LN-260 PRODUCTION (FMS)
Score Rationale
This is a production contract for a legacy inertial navigation system (LN-260) with zero AI/ML content—GPS/INS are classical sensor fusion using Kalman filters, not modern machine learning. Problem framing is purely administrative ('production' and 'FMS' indicate foreign military sales execution, not a substantive operational challenge). Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a canonical large defense prime; the award is straightforward hardware procurement with no startup opportunity signal.