GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
6/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
1/5
Award
$2,565,087
Award amount
—
Award date
FA865123FA001
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
GOLDEN HORDE COLOSSEUM HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP (HITL) INTEGRATION
Score Rationale
The award title mentions 'hardware-in-the-loop integration' which is a simulation/testing methodology, not an AI/ML deliverable itself; no AI techniques (computer vision, NLP, autonomy, etc.) are named in the description. Problem framing is vague—'Golden Horde Colosseum' appears to be a program name but no operational problem, end-user, or success criteria are articulated. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation is an FFRDC-adjacent entity (university-affiliated research arm), not an AI-native startup; the naming pattern and institutional affiliation signal legacy research infrastructure rather than modern AI-native procurement.