GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
12/19
AI / ML Relevance
7/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
1/5
Award
$1,350,000
Award amount
—
Award date
FA865125FB053
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
COLLABORATIVE AUTONOMY FOR SUPERSONIC MUNITIONS
Score Rationale
AI/ML relevance scores 7 because 'collaborative autonomy' for munitions implies genuine autonomous decision-making and multi-agent coordination (core ML problems), but the award description is sparse and doesn't explicitly name techniques or confirm AI is the primary deliverable versus a subsystem. Problem framing scores 4: 'supersonic munitions' suggests a specific operational domain, but the actual problem (why collaborative autonomy is needed, what failure mode it solves) is unstated and the end-user requirement is unclear. Awardee quality scores 1 because Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp is an FFRDC-adjacent research entity (part of Georgia Tech, not a private startup or AI-native company), which historically indicates legacy research center procurement rather than venture-backed innovation.