THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
6/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
4/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,365,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002424F8244
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
GRAVITY NAVIGATION AND STARMAP
Score Rationale
The award description ('Gravity Navigation and Starmap') contains no explicit mention of AI, ML, machine learning techniques, or algorithmic systems—it reads as physics/sensor-based navigation research, likely involving gravitational field mapping or celestial reference systems. Problem framing is reasonable (navigation in GPS-denied environments is a well-known warfighter need) but not explicitly stated here. APL LLC is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) operated by Johns Hopkins University—a legacy research institution, not an AI-native startup, which scores 0 on awardee quality despite technical excellence.