NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$4,413,456
Award amount
—
Award date
N0001424C1507
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
USN E-2D ADVANCED HAWKEYE IMPROVED LANDING MODE (ILM A.K.A. MAGIC PROP)
Score Rationale
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a legacy prime contractor (mega-integrator pattern), disqualifying any awardee quality signal. The award title references an aircraft landing mode improvement ('Magic Prop') with no explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or autonomous systems — only avionics/control system modification for the E-2D platform. Problem framing is operational (improved carrier landing capability) but narrowly scoped to a specific legacy platform subsystem rather than a strategic capability gap, and no ML/AI methodology is evident in the description.