THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$397,656
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001125FE013
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
DIRECT ENERGY (DE) EFFORT UNDER THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (JHU)/ APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) UNIVERSITY AFFILIATE RESEARCH CENTER (UARC) SUPPORT SERVICES
Score Rationale
This is a direct energy (laser/RF weapons) research support contract with no AI/ML mentioned or implied in the description; the framing is purely administrative (UARC support services) with no operational problem articulated. JHU/APL is an FFRDC—a legacy defense research organization, not an AI-native company. The award signals traditional defense R&D infrastructure spending, not AI procurement.