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
$600,000
Award amount
—
Award date
HY023326FE003
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE TO IDENTIFY AND MATURE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOP OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPES FOR THE RAPID TRANSITION OF MATURING TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET WARFIGHTERS NEEDS. INCLUDES TESTING/VALIDATION OF TECHNOLOGY.
Score Rationale
This is a generic technology maturation and prototyping services contract with zero mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or systems—the description reads as pure boilerplate procurement language ('engineering and scientific expertise', 'appropriate technologies', 'testing/validation'). JHU APL is a major FFRDC and defense research institution, not an AI-native startup, and the award scope is administrative/process-oriented rather than solving a specific operational problem. No evidence of genuine AI adoption here.