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
$4,191,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8227
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
MARITIME THEATHER MISSILE DEFENSE
Score Rationale
The award description contains no mention of AI, ML, algorithms, autonomy, or data science—only a generic mission area ('Maritime Theater Missile Defense'). Problem framing is minimal: no specific operational challenge, end-user need, or success metric is articulated beyond the mission name itself. APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC) owned by Johns Hopkins, a classic legacy defense research institution, not an AI-native company.