LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
1/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$800,102,983
Award amount
—
Award date
HQ014719C5001
PIID
Awardee
45
Total awards
$45,420,659,993
Total $ won
1.8/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S (USG) TERMINAL HIGH ALTITUDE AREA DEFENSE (THAAD) PROJECT OFFICE HAS THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINMENT FOR THE TWO THAAD BATTERIES WEAPON SYSTEMS IN SUPPORT OF A FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) CASE ESTABLISHED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE). THE PURPOSE OF ACTION IS TO AWARD THE MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINMENT CONTRACT.
Score Rationale
This is a legacy weapons system maintenance contract with zero AI/ML content—THAAD is a 1990s air defense platform, and the award funds sustainment and spare parts, not algorithmic development. Problem framing is purely administrative (FMS case execution) with no operational innovation dimension. Lockheed Martin is the largest U.S. defense prime; this award represents exactly the opposite of AI-native procurement—it is incumbent sustainment work on Cold War-era hardware.