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
$4,858,063
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001122C0088
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
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 no AI/ML component mentioned or implied—this is analog/RF engineering, not machine learning. The problem is well-defined (AESA interference mitigation in contested spectrum) but purely a materials/hardware challenge. Raytheon Company is a large prime defense integrator, not an AI-native firm, making this a traditional defense contract regardless of technical merit.