THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$6,451,032
Award amount
—
Award date
FA873524FB002
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (JHU)/APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) IDIQ SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC) TASK ORDER 111
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques are named or implied in the description; 'SAOC' is a platform/systems integration effort typical of legacy defense work, with no deliverable that is itself an AI system. Problem framing is generic (survivability in airborne ops) without specific operational constraints or decision-making challenges that would motivate ML. JHU/APL is a large FFRDC—the prototypical legacy defense institution, not an AI-native startup; this scores zero on awardee quality despite technical excellence.