RAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$5,870,075
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001123C0144
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE GOAL OF THE POWER PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A HIGH-ALTITUDE OPTICAL RELAY. THIS RELAY WILL HAVE THE CHARACTERISTICS NECESSARY FOR USE IN A LARGER, SCALABLE WIRELESS POWER BEAMING NETWORK.
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques or deliverables are mentioned in the award description; this is a physics/optical engineering problem (wireless power beaming via high-altitude relay) with zero machine learning relevance. Problem framing is purely infrastructure-focused ('develop and demonstrate') without operational context or end-user mission articulation. Raytheon is a large defense prime ($67B+ revenue), the quintessential legacy integrator—this award shows no signal of AI-native procurement.