APPLIED RESEARCH IN ACOUSTICS LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
8/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
2/5
Award
$1,075,891
Award amount
—
Award date
N0001420C2018
PIID
Awardee
5
Total awards
$5,227,342
Total $ won
9.8/19
Avg AI score
Description
MODELING, CHARACTERIZING, AND PREDICTING EFFECTS OF INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES ON ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION ON BASIN TO GLOBAL SCALES
Score Rationale
Award is fundamentally a physics modeling and simulation contract focused on acoustic wave propagation phenomena — no AI/ML techniques (computer vision, NLP, anomaly detection, etc.) are named or implied as core deliverables. Problem framing is reasonable (internal gravity waves affecting acoustic propagation is a specific naval/ASW-relevant phenomenon) but lacks explicit operational context or success metrics. Awardee name 'Applied Research in Acoustics LLC' follows legacy defense contractor naming conventions ('Applied Research', 'LLC') with no indicators of AI-native capability.