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
$8,858,694
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8001
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
STRATEGIC WEAPON SYSTEM (SWS) EVALUATION LOE FY25
Score Rationale
The award description contains no mention of AI, ML, or any algorithmic work — it is purely a 'Strategic Weapon System Evaluation' Line of Effort (LOE), which signals technical assessment, analysis, and compliance activities rather than AI development. APL is an FFRDC (federally funded research center) operated by Johns Hopkins University, a legacy research institution, not an AI-native company. The vague LOE framing ('FY25') provides no articulation of the specific operational problem being solved, making this a classic legacy defense evaluation contract with zero AI relevance.