GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
2/5
Award
$40,210,418
Award amount
—
Award date
FA872324FB008
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
BUILD AND DELIVER 15 TRANSITIONAL RECEIVER EXCITER (T-REX) UNITS PLUS LINE REPLACEMENT UNIT (LRU) SPARES TO COMPLETE A FULL FLEET REPLACEMENT OF LEGACY REXS FOR THE UPGRADED EARLY WARNING RADAR (UEWR) WEAPON SYSTEM.
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques, methodologies, or systems are mentioned in the award description; this is a hardware procurement and manufacturing contract for radar receiver-exciter units. Problem framing is minimal—'fleet replacement of legacy' is administrative language with no operational context or end-user capability gap articulated. GTRC is a university research corporation (albeit modern-facing) but the award itself is pure legacy hardware refresh with no AI-native signal; the contract reads as 1990s-era defense logistics, not modern technology development.