NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · OTA
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$82,040,291
Award amount
—
Award date
KZ02
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
IGF::CL,CT::IGF THIS TASK ORDER, KZ02, IS TO PROVIDE TOTAL SYSTEM SUPPORT FOR THE STARLITE PROGRAM THROUGH DEPOT REPAIR, GOVERNMENT FACILITIZATION, SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION/INTEGRATION AND OTHER SERVICES.
Score Rationale
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a large legacy prime contractor (awardee_quality: 0). The description contains zero mention of AI, ML, or algorithmic work — it is purely logistics, depot repair, and software integration support for an existing program (STARLITE), with no articulation of any underlying operational problem or technical challenge beyond 'total system support' (problem_framing: 1). While 'software implementation' appears, it is framed as integration/maintenance of existing systems, not as development of novel ML models or AI-native capabilities (ai_ml_relevance: 1). This is classic legacy defense sustainment contracting.