THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$11,575,000
Award amount
—
Award date
FA881925FB014
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (JHU/APL) WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN THE ADVANCED EXPLORATORY LAB TESTBED.
Score Rationale
Award description contains zero mention of AI, ML, or any algorithmic work — 'testbed' language signals infrastructure/platform development rather than AI system delivery. Problem framing is purely administrative (develop/operate/maintain a lab) with no operational use case articulated. JHU/APL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), a legacy institutional actor, not an AI-native startup or modern tech firm.