THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,086,543
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8117
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
CRUISER/DESTROYER MODERNIZATION BACKFIT UPGRADE - BFC40
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques, methodologies, or systems are named or implied in 'CRUISER/DESTROYER MODERNIZATION BACKFIT UPGRADE' — this is a legacy naval platform modernization effort with no evidence of machine learning or autonomous systems work. Problem framing is purely administrative (a backfit upgrade designation, 'BFC40') with no articulation of operational need or end-user challenge. JHU APL is an FFRDC, the opposite of an AI-native startup, and historically executes large systems integration work for DoD rather than core AI development.