THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$3,500,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8232
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
MCISRE DEAD CENTER INTERGRATION
Score Rationale
The award description is almost entirely opaque—'MCISRE DEAD CENTER INTERGRATION' [sic] reads as an acronym or project codename with no articulation of technical approach, deliverables, or AI/ML involvement. Johns Hopkins APL is a major FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Center) with strong defense ties but not an AI-native company; this pattern—vague codename, large FFRDC, $3.5M integration contract—is characteristic of legacy systems work rather than modern AI procurement. Without any meaningful description, no genuine assessment of AI relevance or problem clarity is possible.