THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$780,476
Award amount
—
Award date
N0001425C1113
PIID
Awardee
24
Total awards
$1,561,017,815
Total $ won
3.0/19
Avg AI score
Description
THE PROPOSAL IS TO FURTHER DEVELOP SOFTWARE TO DECREASE ACNS DEPENDENCY ON EXTERNAL EPHEMERIDES (VCMS) BY MAKING LOCAL RSO STATE ESTIMATIONS AT-SEA.
Score Rationale
Award is fundamentally a software engineering and orbital mechanics project (RSO state estimation, ephemerides reduction) with no explicit AI/ML technique named or implied—it reads as classical navigation systems work. Problem is somewhat specific (reduce VCMS dependency via local estimation) but lacks operational context and success criteria. Draper Lab is a legacy FFRDC with deep defense ties, not an AI-native entity, despite technical credibility.