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
$4,959,335
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001121C0151
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE QUANTUM APERTURES PROGRAM AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THE UTILITY OF RYDBERG SENSORS AS PART OF A PORTABLE RF RECEIVER SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF DEFENSE APPLICATIONS.
Score Rationale
This is a physics/hardware contract for Rydberg atom sensors and RF receivers—no AI/ML techniques mentioned or implied; the core deliverable is a portable sensor system, not an ML model or autonomous capability. Problem framing is defensible (RF sensing in contested environments is a real need) but vague on operational context and success metrics. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a canonical legacy prime integrator, disqualifying any startup signal.