NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
6/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$10,618,983
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001119C0013
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
PERSISTENT AQUATIC LIVING SENSORS (PALS)PROGRAM - TARGET ACQUISITION VIA BIOLUMINESCENCE AND SNAPPING SHRIMP (TABSS)PHASE 1 AND OPTION PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3
Score Rationale
The award centers on biological sensing (bioluminescence, snapping shrimp acoustics) and signal processing for target acquisition—core problem is well-defined and operationally specific, but the description contains zero explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or autonomous decision-making systems; this appears to be a sensor integration and signal detection program, not an ML-native effort. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a legacy prime contractor (Fortune 500, 'Systems' nomenclature), disqualifying it from modern AI-native classification despite the creative bio-sensing approach.