THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,995,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8194
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
FY24 ADVANCED REENTRY SYSTEMS, RDTE W93/MK7
Score Rationale
This is a reentry vehicle/weapons systems contract with no mention of AI, ML, computer vision, autonomy, or any algorithmic techniques—the title 'Advanced Reentry Systems' and RDTE (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation) code W93/MK7 indicate traditional aerospace/ballistics engineering work. Problem framing is vague (no operational scenario or end-state articulated beyond the program code itself). JHU/APL is a federally funded research center, not an AI-native startup, placing it at the baseline for legacy institutional awardees.