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
$3,309,412
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002423F8261
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (OPN) BNEP1
Score Rationale
The award description provides almost no substantive detail—'Navigation Systems (OPN) BNEP1' is an acronym-heavy label with no explanation of technical approach, AI/ML methods, or deliverables. The awardee is Johns Hopkins APL, a federally funded research center (FFRDC) and legacy defense institution, not an AI-native startup. Without explicit mention of ML techniques (sensor fusion, autonomous navigation, anomaly detection) or a stated operational problem, this appears to be either a contract label only or a traditional navigation/positioning modernization effort.