SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
8/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
3/5
Award
$1,249,923
Award amount
—
Award date
FA864924P0621
PIID
Awardee
28
Total awards
$43,594,882
Total $ won
7.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
REPLACING 1950S TECHNOLOGY: LOW-COST, REAL-TIME OPTICAL MASS-FLOW SENSOR FOR ENHANCED AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION TESTING
Score Rationale
This is a hardware sensor engineering contract with zero AI/ML content—the deliverable is a physical optical mass-flow measurement device for propulsion test benches, not an AI system or algorithm. Problem framing is solid (replacing 1950s-era instrumentation with real-time sensing for propulsion testing is concrete and operationally clear), but the awardee name 'Spectral Energies LLC' is ambiguous; it could be a modern optics/sensing startup or a legacy engineering firm, but lacks clear AI-native signals. This is an instrumentation modernization award, not an AI procurement.