LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$8,723,120
Award amount
—
Award date
FA881019C0005
PIID
Awardee
45
Total awards
$45,420,659,993
Total $ won
1.8/19
Avg AI score
Description
NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED BLOCK PAYLOAD PROTOTYPE.
Score Rationale
This is a hardware payload development contract for infrared sensor systems with no explicit AI/ML component mentioned in the description; 'next generation' and 'prototype' suggest engineering modernization but the deliverable is the physical payload itself, not an ML system. Problem framing is purely procedural (build a block payload) with no operational context articulated. Lockheed Martin is a large defense prime, the inverse signal of AI-native procurement; this award pattern is consistent with legacy space/sensors modernization, not AI adoption.