LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$7,287,143,870
Award amount
—
Award date
FA881018C0005
PIID
Awardee
45
Total awards
$45,420,659,993
Total $ won
1.8/19
Avg AI score
Description
NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED GEOSYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBIT SPACE VEHICLE 1-3 PHASE 1
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or systems are mentioned in the award description—this is a spacecraft hardware contract for OPIR (overhead persistent infrared) sensor platforms in geosynchronous orbit, a traditional systems integration and manufacturing problem with no machine learning component evident. Problem framing is purely programmatic (next-generation vehicle phase 1) without articulation of operational need or success criteria. Awardee is Lockheed Martin, the archetypal large prime defense contractor, disqualifying it from any startup/AI-native signal.