NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$24,671,557
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001120C0025
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
GLIDE BREAKER PROGRAM, GLIDE BREAKER WILL DEVELOP AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY CRITICAL FOR AN ADVANCED INTERCEPTOR CAPABLE OF DEFEATING HYPERSONIC VEHICLES.
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques, methodologies, or systems are mentioned in the description; 'enabling technology' is vague and the core problem (hypersonic interception) reads as a traditional aerospace/guidance engineering challenge rather than an AI-native one. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a legacy defense prime, not an AI-native startup, making this a classic large-system integration contract rather than evidence of AI-native procurement innovation.