GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$646,404,052
Award amount
—
Award date
FA857724C0001
PIID
Awardee
24
Total awards
$2,627,756,651
Total $ won
3.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
CY24-25 MQ-9 (REAPER) SUPPORT AND SERVICES.
Score Rationale
This is a legacy platform sustainment contract for the MQ-9 Reaper drone with no explicit AI/ML development scope—the description names only 'support and services,' typical of lifecycle maintenance contracts. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is a large defense prime (subsidiary of General Atomics, a major defense contractor), not an AI-native company. The $646M award size and vague framing ('support and services') are hallmarks of traditional defense procurement, not evidence of AI-native defense adoption.