THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$9,704,213
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8089
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
SM ENGINEERING & EVALUATION FOR SM-2 BLK IIIC
Score Rationale
This is a legacy missile system engineering contract with zero AI/ML substance. 'SM-2 BLK IIIC' refers to Standard Missile-2 Block IIIC, a 1970s-origin air defense system; 'SM ENGINEERING & EVALUATION' indicates sustaining engineering and integration work on existing hardware/firmware, not development of new ML models or autonomous capabilities. JHU APL is an FFRDC—a federally funded research center—not an AI-native company, disqualifying it from the awardee quality dimension entirely.