THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,446,450
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8048
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
PMS408 ELECTRONIC WARFARE OMN (MED35)
Score Rationale
The award description contains no explicit AI/ML techniques, system architecture, or deliverable specification—only a program office code (PMS408) and functional area (electronic warfare). This reads as a line-item procurement or OMN (Operations and Maintenance) funding allocation rather than a development contract with AI scope. Johns Hopkins APL is an FFRDC, a legacy defense research institution without the profile of an AI-native startup, and the minimal description provides no articulation of an operational problem, end-user need, or success criteria beyond the program code itself.