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
$1,615,335
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001124F0326
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 with no AI/ML work specified in the title or description — it reads as administrative/operational support rather than a technology development award. The awardee is Johns Hopkins APL, a federally funded research center (FFRDC), which is the opposite of AI-native startup procurement. The award amount ($1.6M) and framing suggest overhead or facilities support rather than a core R&D effort targeting a specific defense problem.