RAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,803,617
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001121C0205
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE GOAL OF THE WAVEFORM AGILE RADIO-FREQUENCY DIRECTED ENERGY (WARDEN) PROGRAM IS TO EXTEND THE RANGE OF HIGH POWER MICROWAVE (HPM) BACK-DOOR ATTACK BY A FACTOR OF 10 BEYOND THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART.
Score Rationale
WARDEN is a directed-energy physics/engineering program with no mention of AI/ML techniques, autonomous systems, or data-driven decision-making—the core deliverable is HPM range extension via waveform design, which is classical RF engineering. Problem framing is concrete (10x range improvement, specific technology domain) but awardee is Raytheon, a large prime defense contractor, which immediately signals legacy integrator status and near-zero likelihood of AI-native procurement.