THE BOEING COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
9/19
AI / ML Relevance
7/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$346,198
Award amount
—
Award date
N0001425C1114
PIID
Awardee
181
Total awards
$12,093,132,660
Total $ won
1.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
BOEING AND NOTRE DAME PROPOSE AI ENABLED ANALOG ACCELERATOR WHICH IS COMPRISED OF A HYBRID CUSTOM CMOS ANALOG ACCELERATOR AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL AI ALGORITHMS ON A COMMERCIAL FPGA.
Score Rationale
AI/ML is explicitly named (adaptive control AI algorithms) and is a core technical component alongside custom hardware, warranting 7/10, but the deliverable mixes hardware acceleration with AI—not pure AI. Problem framing scores 2/10: no operational context, end-user need, or success criteria are articulated; 'AI enabled analog accelerator' is purely technical specification language. Boeing is a legacy defense prime (0/5), disqualifying this as evidence of AI-native startup opportunity despite the technical merit of the work.