NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$4,784,912
Award amount
—
Award date
FA875024CB005
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
INTEGRATED HARDWARE TEST BENCH FOR NEXT GENERATION CYBER-PHYSICAL TOOLS AND EXPLOITS (IGNITE)
Score Rationale
Despite the modern-sounding acronym 'IGNITE,' the award description centers on a 'hardware test bench' for 'cyber-physical tools and exploits'—classic offensive cyber infrastructure and tooling, not AI/ML systems. No ML techniques, autonomous decision-making, or learning algorithms are mentioned; this is hardware/lab infrastructure procurement. The problem is framed in purely operational cyber terms without articulation of why AI is necessary or what warfighter capability gap it closes. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a large legacy prime contractor, not an AI-native firm.