GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
7/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
1/5
Award
$46,225,336
Award amount
—
Award date
FA872321F9003
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (BMEWS) PAVE PAWS T-REX
Score Rationale
BMEWS/PAVE PAWS T-REX is a radar system modernization and sensor upgrade contract with no explicit AI/ML techniques named in the title or description; this reads as legacy defense infrastructure refresh rather than AI-native work. Problem framing is reasonable (ballistic missile early warning is a clear operational need) but the award itself appears focused on radar hardware/software integration, not machine learning. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp is an FFRDC-adjacent entity (university-affiliated research center), which signals institutional rather than startup-native procurement.