THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,897,500
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8098
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT - BFC39
Score Rationale
Description is purely administrative procurement language with no articulation of AI/ML techniques, methodologies, or deliverables—'capability improvement' is generic boilerplate lacking specificity. Johns Hopkins APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), the clearest signal of legacy defense establishment, not an AI-native actor. The AEGIS Combat System is a 1980s-origin naval combat platform; 'capability improvement' suggests legacy system modernization rather than genuine AI development.