THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$506,668
Award amount
—
Award date
HR001126FE012
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
(SABER) EFFORT UNDER THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (JHU)/ APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) UNIVERSITY AFFILIATE RESEARCH CENTER (UARC) SUPPORT SERVICES
Score Rationale
The award description contains no mention of AI/ML techniques, deliverables, or problem domain—only generic acronyms (SABER undefined) and administrative structure (UARC support services), suggesting this is a blanket funding mechanism rather than a targeted AI contract. APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), not an AI-native company, and the framing is purely procedural rather than problem-articulated; the $506K amount and vague 'support services' language strongly indicate infrastructure or administrative funding rather than substantive technical development.