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
$52,695,863
Award amount
—
Award date
FA872322F9001
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
BMEWS PAVE PAWS DIGITAL EARLY WARNING RADAR PHASE 2B
Score Rationale
The award description contains zero explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or systems—it is framed entirely around 'digital' modernization of legacy radar infrastructure (BMEWS/PAVE PAWS), suggesting IT/signal processing work rather than ML development. The problem is reasonably clear (modernizing Cold War-era early warning radar), but the awardee is Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation, an FFRDC-adjacent research entity that functions as a legacy systems integrator for DoD, not an AI-native startup. This is radar infrastructure digitization, not an AI/ML procurement.