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
$2,487,621
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001124F0461
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERIVCES
Score Rationale
This is a generic DARPA research support services contract with no AI/ML work articulated — the description is a placeholder category label, not a statement of scope. Johns Hopkins APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), not an AI-native company; this is precisely the legacy institutional overhead model that AI-native procurement is meant to disrupt. The award reveals nothing about genuine AI adoption or startup opportunity in defense.