THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$3,065,112
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8043
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
UNCONVEN IRREGULAR WARFARE FOR MANNED_UNMANNED SYS
Score Rationale
The award description is severely truncated and provides almost no technical specificity—'UNCONVEN IRREGULAR WARFARE FOR MANNED_UNMANNED SYS' reads as corrupted metadata rather than a procurement statement. No AI/ML techniques are named, and 'manned-unmanned systems' suggests platform integration or doctrine work rather than core ML deliverables. JHU APL is an FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Center), which by definition represents legacy institutional contracting, not AI-native startup opportunity.