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
$4,270,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8008
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
INTEGRATED NUCLEAR WEAPONS SYSTEM SURETY
Score Rationale
Award title and description contain zero mention of AI, ML, machine learning, computer vision, autonomy, or any algorithmic techniques — this is a nuclear weapons system surety (safety/security) contract, which is fundamentally a mechanical, electrical, and procedural engineering problem. Problem framing is purely administrative (surety compliance) with no operational scenario articulated. Awardee is Johns Hopkins APL, a federally funded research center (FFRDC) and legacy defense institution, not an AI-native startup or modern tech company.