THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$845,655
Award amount
—
Award date
HT001124F0030
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
ESSENTIAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PROVIDING MARKET RESEARCH FOR FIELD STERILIZATION OF SENSITIVE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND MARKET RESEARCH FOR INFORMATION SUPPORT TO THE ARMED FORCES MEDICAL EXAMINER AND MORTUARY AFFAIRS OPERATIONS IN AUSTERE ENVIRONMENTS.
Score Rationale
This award contains zero AI/ML relevance—it is explicitly a market research contract for sterilization equipment and mortuary affairs operations with no mention of machine learning, algorithms, or autonomous systems. Problem framing is vague and administrative ('market research for information support') with no operational specificity or success criteria articulated. JHU APL, while technically sophisticated, is an FFRDC (federally funded research center) and large institutional player, not an AI-native startup, and this contract does not constitute meaningful evidence of AI-native defense procurement.