NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$29,238,065
Award amount
—
Award date
HQ085624F0003
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE (GMD) BOOSTER SUSTAINMENT CONTRACT (BSC) TASK ORDER 0001
Score Rationale
GMD booster sustainment is a legacy missile hardware maintenance and production contract with no mention of AI, ML, autonomy, or data-driven analytics — despite 'sustainment' language, this is industrial production and engineering support for 1990s-era interceptor technology. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a tier-1 prime contractor megacorp, the archetypal legacy defense integrator, making this a poor indicator of AI-native procurement momentum. Problem framing is purely programmatic (keep existing boosters operational) with no operational intelligence, sensor fusion, or decision-support angle.