THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$650,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8074
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
DISABLED SUBMARINE TOXIC GAS DOSIMETER
Score Rationale
This is a hardware instrumentation contract (toxic gas dosimeter for submarine safety) with zero AI/ML technical content—no mention of algorithms, ML models, autonomy, or data-driven decision systems. Problem framing is clear and specific (disabled submarine toxic gas detection), but the awardee is Johns Hopkins APL, a federally funded research center (FFRDC) and legacy defense institution, not an AI-native startup. This award signals specialized engineering procurement, not AI adoption or startup opportunity in defense.