THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
8/19
AI / ML Relevance
4/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$389,207
Award amount
—
Award date
HQ003425FE354
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND (USCENTCOM) GENERATIVE WARGAMING TOOL
Score Rationale
The award mentions 'generative' (implying possible LLM or generative modeling work) but provides no technical detail on AI/ML methods, architecture, or deliverables — reads as infrastructure/tool development rather than an AI system. USCENTCOM wargaming is a reasonably specific operational context, but success criteria and end-user needs remain unclear. JHU/APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), disqualifying it as an AI-native startup signal; this is classic legacy defense research infrastructure.