THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,279,246
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001123F0035
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
STUDIES, TEST AND EVALUATION OF APERTURE MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS FOR HYPERSONICS
Score Rationale
This is a materials science and physics contract with no mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or data-driven systems — the deliverables are aperture material characterization and hypersonic system evaluation, which are fundamentally experimental physics work. The problem is reasonably specific (hypersonic aperture performance) but lacks operational context or end-user framing. Johns Hopkins APL is an FFRDC, not an AI-native company, making this a legacy government lab award regardless of technical merit.