RAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$5,667,462
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001123C0135
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEAT REMOVAL IN ELECTRONICS AT THE DEVICE SCALE (THREADS) PROGRAM
Score Rationale
This award funds thermal engineering research (heat removal in electronics) with no mention of AI, ML, machine learning, autonomous systems, or any algorithmic capability — the core deliverable is a materials/physics problem, not an AI system. Problem framing is reasonable (device-level thermal management is a legitimate constraint in high-performance computing) but lacks operational context or end-use specificity. Raytheon Company is a large prime defense contractor (now RTX), a classic legacy integrator, disqualifying any 'AI-native' assessment.