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
$1,709,202
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001122C0078
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
COFFEE is a hardware RF filter engineering project with zero AI/ML content—no machine learning, autonomy, or data-driven decision making appears in the scope. Problem framing is reasonable (RF interference mitigation for AESA arrays in contested spectrum) but purely a physics/EE challenge. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a legacy defense prime, disqualifying it as evidence of AI-native procurement.