THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
1/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
0/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,649,851
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001122F0042
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
DARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES
Score Rationale
This is a generic DARPA research support services contract with zero specificity about AI/ML deliverables, techniques, or problem domain — the description is purely administrative boilerplate. JHU APL is a large federally funded research center (FFRDC), not an AI-native startup, and the award structure (support services) signals overhead/administrative work rather than core AI system development. The $1.6M size and vague framing are consistent with institutional support rather than focused AI innovation procurement.