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
$3,803,648
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8177
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
PMA-263 MCISRE R&D AND INTEGRATION
Score Rationale
The award description contains zero explicit AI/ML terminology, technique names, or algorithmic deliverables—'MCISRE R&D AND INTEGRATION' is opaque acronym language typical of legacy defense procurement with no indication the core work is machine learning. Problem framing is absent entirely; only a program code (PMA-263) is provided with no articulation of operational need, end-user problem, or success criteria. APL is an FFRDC (Federally Funded Research & Development Center) operated by Johns Hopkins, not an AI-native startup—this is a tier-1 legacy research institution contract, the opposite of the 'AI-native defense procurement' signal the evaluation seeks.