GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$81,896,180
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002421C6304
PIID
Awardee
87
Total awards
$3,325,715,609
Total $ won
2.0/19
Avg AI score
Description
KNIFEFISH PROGRAM - UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE (UUV) BLOCK 1 LOW RATE INITIAL PRODUCTION (LRIP) RETROFITTED FROM BLOCK 0 LRIP (DESIGN, INTEGRATION, PRODUCTION, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES)
Score Rationale
Despite 'unmanned' framing, the award is explicitly a production and engineering support contract for an existing UUV platform retrofit—no AI/ML techniques are named and the deliverable is manufacturing/integration, not an AI system. General Dynamics Mission Systems is a legacy defense prime (subsidiary of General Dynamics, one of the 'Big Five' integrators), which disqualifies awardee quality entirely. Problem framing is generic ('unmanned undersea vehicle capability') without articulation of the specific autonomy, perception, or decision-making challenge being solved.