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
$950,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8120
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
NAVY OPERATIONAL STUDIES FY24
Score Rationale
The award description 'NAVY OPERATIONAL STUDIES FY24' contains zero mention of AI, ML, or any technical methodology—this is administrative procurement language only. Johns Hopkins APL is a federally-funded research center (FFRDC), which by definition scores 0 on awardee_quality as it is not an AI-native startup or modern tech company. The $950K award for generic 'operational studies' lacks any articulated problem statement, success criteria, or technical scope, making this appear to be either a standing task order or exploratory research rather than AI-driven defense innovation.