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
$913,437
Award amount
—
Award date
HY023325FE001
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
JHU/APL UARC IDIQ TASK ORDER-01 KESTREL. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, TOOLS, MATERIALS, SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO PERFORM ANALYSIS AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT AS DESCRIBED IN THE PWS.
Score Rationale
The award description contains zero technical substance—no AI/ML techniques named, no problem articulated beyond boilerplate ('analysis and engineering support'), and no deliverables specified. JHU/APL is an FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Center), a legacy institutional awardee, not an AI-native company. This is a task order under a blanket IDIQ contract with only a cryptic project code ('KESTREL'); it reads as a staffing/services agreement rather than evidence of AI-native defense procurement.