NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,730,577
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001122C0077
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE COMPACT FRONT-END FILTERS AT THE ELEMENT-LEVEL (COFFEE) AIMS TO PRODUCE FRONT-END RF FILTERS THAT PROTECT THE ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAYS (AESAS) AGAINST INTERFERENCE IN INCREASINGLY CROWDED RF SPECTRUM ENVIRONMENTS.
Score Rationale
This is a hardware RF filter engineering contract with no AI/ML component—the acronym 'COFFEE' is cute but the deliverable is analog/RF signal conditioning for AESA arrays, not machine learning. Problem framing is solid (spectrum interference in contested environments is a real operational challenge), but Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a flagship legacy prime contractor, making this a traditional defense systems award despite the small contract value.