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
$1,975,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8009
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
USWDSS UPGRADE ENGINEERING (SSF43)
Score Rationale
This is a legacy systems modernization contract, not an AI/ML procurement. The description 'USWDSS UPGRADE ENGINEERING' contains zero mention of AI, ML, algorithms, or data science techniques—only engineering-speak for system upgrades. JHU APL is an FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Center), which scores 0 on awardee quality; this is classic large institutional contracting, not AI-native startup opportunity.