THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
6/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$7,567,150
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8064
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
USMC MQ-9A SMART SENSOR PAYLOAD SYSTEM
Score Rationale
The award title mentions 'smart sensor payload' but the description provides no detail on AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or whether the core deliverable is actually an ML system vs. sensor integration and hardware. APL is an FFRDC (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), which is a federally funded research center—not an AI-native company and typically a legacy defense institution, scoring 0 on awardee quality. The problem (USMC MQ-9A payload enhancement) is identifiable but lacks specificity about the operational challenge being solved or what 'smart' means technically.