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
$1,980,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8002
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
STRATEGIC WEAPON SYSTEM (SWS) EVALUATION FLIGHT TEST LOE FY25
Score Rationale
This is a flight test evaluation contract with no AI/ML technical content — the description names only 'Strategic Weapon System' evaluation and 'flight test', with zero mention of ML techniques, autonomous systems, or data-driven decision-making. Problem framing is purely administrative (fiscal year line-of-effort for testing) with no articulated operational challenge. APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC) operated by Johns Hopkins University, making it a legacy research institute rather than an AI-native company; this award type is standard legacy defense R&D procurement.