LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,662,911,095
Award amount
—
Award date
N0001922C0041
PIID
Awardee
427
Total awards
$99,970,968,101
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
F-35 DEVELOPMENTAL FOUNDATION CONTRACT 3 - THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES A FOUNDATION, IN SUPPORT OF F-35 DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT TEST AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, AND F-35 DEVELOPMENTAL LABORATORY FACILITIES.
Score Rationale
This is a legacy defense prime (Lockheed Martin) awarded a $1.66B contract for F-35 flight test infrastructure and lab facilities—pure platform/integration work with zero mention of AI/ML techniques, autonomous systems, or algorithmic deliverables. The problem statement is administrative ('foundation in support of') rather than operationally specific, and the awardee is the archetypal large prime contractor that dominates traditional defense procurement, making this retrospective evidence of *legacy* defense spending, not AI-native adoption.