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
$1,739,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8039
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
TOMAHAWK WEAPON SYSTEM - M-CODE FY24
Score Rationale
This award is for M-code (military GPS code) upgrades to the legacy Tomahawk cruise missile system—a 1980s platform with incremental modernization. The description contains zero mention of AI, ML, autonomous systems, or any algorithmic work; 'M-code' refers to encrypted GPS signals, not machine learning. JHU APL is an FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Center), the institutional category most definitionally opposed to AI-native startup procurement. The problem framing is purely weapon system sustainment language with no articulated operational gap suitable for AI innovation.