BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION & ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$4,713,122
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001122C0086
PIID
Awardee
30
Total awards
$1,764,990,334
Total $ won
2.8/19
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 fundamentally a hardware/RF engineering effort (front-end filters for AESA protection) with no mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or autonomous decision-making — the deliverable is a physical component, not a learned model or intelligent system. The problem is well-articulated (interference mitigation in crowded spectrum for phased arrays) but is a classical signal processing/EE domain, not AI-native work. BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc. is a legacy defense prime (subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, Fortune 500 defense contractor), not a startup or modern AI-native firm.