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
$1,700,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8124
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
AEA-A INITIATIVES ADDRESSING CHALLENGES
Score Rationale
The description 'AEA-A INITIATIVES ADDRESSING CHALLENGES' contains no specifics about AI/ML techniques, deliverables, or technical approach—pure boilerplate language suggesting either administrative overhead or a catch-all funding mechanism rather than a concrete AI development contract. JHU APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), which scores 0 on awardee quality as these are legacy institutional awardees, not AI-native startups. The award amount ($1.7M) and complete absence of problem articulation suggest this may be funding allocation or support services rather than core AI/ML work.