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
$921,568
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8230
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
IMPROVING OPERATIONAL VH-92A
Score Rationale
This is a legacy aircraft sustainment contract with no AI/ML technical content — 'improving operational VH-92A' refers to the presidential helicopter platform and almost certainly covers maintenance, logistics, or systems integration rather than machine learning. Johns Hopkins APL is an FFRDC (federally funded research and development center), a classic legacy defense organization, not an AI-native startup. The $921k award size and vague operational language ('improving') signal routine DoD sustainment work, not novel AI procurement.