THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
1/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
0/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$4,515,627
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001124F0325
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES
Score Rationale
This is a DARPA research support services contract — administrative overhead for running a research program, not an AI/ML development award. The description contains zero technical specificity, no mention of ML techniques, algorithms, or deliverables; it's generic contracting language. APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), the institutional opposite of an AI-native startup, and this award funds institutional support operations, not novel AI system development.