THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$6,663,378
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8147
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
SURTASS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Score Rationale
SURTASS (Surveillance Towed Array Sonar System) is a legacy acoustic sensor platform dating to the 1980s; 'Production Systems Engineering' framing indicates maintenance, integration, or lifecycle support rather than new AI/ML development. No AI/ML techniques, autonomous systems, or algorithmic innovation are named or implied in the description. JHU APL is an FFRDC — a federally funded research center operated by Johns Hopkins — which is a large institutional player, not an AI-native startup. The contract represents traditional defense sustainment work, not AI-native procurement.