THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,016,211
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001122F0067
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
DATA PROTECTION IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (DPRIVE) PROGRAM
Score Rationale
DPRIVE addresses data protection and virtualization—infrastructure and security concerns with no mention of ML techniques, autonomous systems, or algorithmic work; the title suggests compliance/hardening rather than AI-native capability. The problem is framed administratively ('data protection in virtual environments') without operational context or end-user pain point. JHU/APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), a legacy institutional player in defense R&D, not an AI-native startup.