THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
1/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,303,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8016
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
NATO SEASPARROW PROGRAM WPN
Score Rationale
The NATO SEASPARROW PROGRAM WPN contract shows zero AI/ML relevance — SEASPARROW is a ship-based air defense missile system with no mention of AI, ML, autonomy, or algorithmic work in the description. Problem framing is minimal: only a program name and weapon system identifier are provided, with no articulated operational problem or success criteria. Awardee is Johns Hopkins APL, a federally funded research center (FFRDC) — not an AI-native startup, and therefore scores 0 on awardee quality per the rubric. This contract reflects legacy defense hardware procurement, not AI-native capability development.