GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
1/5
Award
$32,643,201
Award amount
—
Award date
FA873023F0045
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. (MIDS) JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM (JTRS) UPGRADE
Score Rationale
This is a radio system upgrade contract with no mention of AI/ML techniques, autonomous systems, or learning-based capabilities — the deliverable is clearly tactical communications hardware/software modernization, not an AI system. Problem framing is purely functional (upgrade MIDS/JTRS) with no articulated operational gap or success criteria beyond system replacement. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp is an FFRDC-adjacent entity (federally funded research center operated by a university), which signals legacy defense infrastructure work rather than AI-native startup innovation.