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
$131,824,259
Award amount
—
Award date
FA857722C0002
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT (CLS) AND SERVICES APPLICABLE TO THE REAPER MQ-9 SENSOR PROGRAM.
Score Rationale
This is a logistics and sustainment contract for an existing platform (MQ-9 Reaper), not an AI/ML development award. The description contains zero mention of machine learning, autonomous systems, computer vision, or any AI technique—only 'CLS and services,' which are standard maintenance, spare parts, and field support. Raytheon is a large legacy prime contractor, not an AI-native firm. This award reflects traditional defense procurement and reveals no signal about AI adoption or startup opportunity.