THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
1/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
0/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$164,888,847
Award amount
—
Award date
HQ014719F0012
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
ENGINEERING AND TECH SUPPORT RDTE FUNDS
Score Rationale
The award description contains zero mention of AI, ML, machine learning, or any specific technical approach—it is purely a generic 'ENGINEERING AND TECH SUPPORT RDTE FUNDS' line with no problem articulation. Johns Hopkins APL is an FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Center), a legacy institutional actor, not an AI-native company. This award reads as a blanket funding allocation to a large research center with no evidence of AI-specific work, genuine problem framing, or startup-like innovation.