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
$6,319,802
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8179
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
ADVANCED SENSOR SYS DEVT & DEMO
Score Rationale
Description is entirely generic—'Advanced Sensor Systems Development & Demo' contains zero mention of AI, ML, algorithms, or computational methods; it reads as legacy hardware procurement language. Problem framing is absent; no operational scenario, end-user need, or success criterion is articulated. JHU/APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), not an AI-native startup, and FFRDC awards do not signal private-sector AI adoption in defense procurement.