LEIDOS, INC.
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,001,597
Award amount
—
Award date
FA865022F1021
PIID
Awardee
134
Total awards
$2,329,919,918
Total $ won
2.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER SELF PROTECTION
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques or systems are mentioned in the award description—'self protection' for JSF typically refers to legacy electronic warfare, countermeasure dispensing, and threat detection systems, not machine learning. Problem framing is purely administrative (no operational context, end-user need, or success metric articulated beyond the system name). Leidos is a large legacy defense prime ($13B+ revenue), wholly owned by Quad-i, with deep entanglement in traditional defense integration—this is classic incumbent prime work, not AI-native startup opportunity.