THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,841,741
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001125FE009
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
GENERATING COMMUNICATION CHANNELS TO OPERATE (GECCO) SUPPORT SERVICES
Score Rationale
The award title 'GECCO Support Services' contains no mention of AI, ML, machine learning, neural networks, or any algorithmic techniques; the framing appears administrative rather than technical. The awardee is Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC—a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) and classic large defense research institution, not an AI-native startup. The $1.8M award to an FFRDC for 'support services' signals legacy infrastructure/systems work rather than modern AI procurement.