THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
6/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,035,743
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8099
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
COUNTER-DIRECT ENERGY WEAPONS (CDEW)
Score Rationale
The award title names a specific operational problem (counter-directed energy weapons) with clear strategic relevance, but the description provides no detail on technical approach, deliverables, or any mention of AI/ML techniques—suggesting this is likely a systems engineering, modeling, or policy contract rather than an AI-native effort. Johns Hopkins APL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), a legacy institutional player in defense research, not an AI-native startup, despite the formal LLC entity structure.