NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,737,642
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001123C0040
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE H6 PROGRAM SEEKS TO DEVELOP ULTRA-SMALL, LOW-POWER, FIELDABLE CLOCKS THAT CAN MAINTAIN THEIR TIMING PRECISION FOR ONE WEEK.
Score Rationale
This is a hardware/physics engineering contract for precision atomic clock development with zero AI/ML relevance—no algorithms, autonomy, or learning systems are involved. Problem framing is moderate: H6 program and the specific technical requirement (sub-week timing drift in ultra-low-power form factor) are concrete, but framed as a component capability rather than an operational problem. Awardee is Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a textbook large prime defense integrator, disqualifying it on the awardee dimension.