NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,070,501
Award amount
—
Award date
FA945122C0031
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
COHERENT OPTICALLY MONOLITHIC PHASED ARRAY WITH COMPACT TILES AND FAST ADAPTIVELY STEERED TIPS (COMPACT-FAST)
Score Rationale
COMPACT-FAST is an RF/phased array engineering contract with no explicit AI/ML deliverables mentioned—the focus is on coherent optical hardware, monolithic arrays, and antenna steering, which are classical electromagnetics problems, not machine learning. Problem framing is vague (adaptive steering and compactness are engineering goals but lack operational context about *why* or for which contested scenario). Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a legacy defense prime integrator, not an AI-native company, making this a traditional hardware-centric contract with minimal relevance to AI-native procurement trends.