LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$10,694,333
Award amount
—
Award date
N0001424C2413
PIID
Awardee
427
Total awards
$99,970,968,101
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
MARINE ADVANCED RESEARCH FOR BATTALION LEARNING AND EXPERIMENTATION (MARBLE)
Score Rationale
The award title 'MARBLE' (Marine Advanced Research for Battalion Learning and Experimentation) contains no explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or autonomous systems—only the word 'learning,' which in military context typically signals training or doctrine development rather than machine learning. Lockheed Martin is a large prime defense contractor ($60B+ revenue), disqualifying it from AI-native classification. The problem statement is purely administrative framing ('experimentation') with no specific operational challenge articulated (e.g., no mention of sensor fusion, decision-support, or contested environments).