THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$6,826,500
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8049
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
ADVANCED ASW IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (SSF52)
Score Rationale
The award title references ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) improvement but contains zero explicit AI/ML terminology, technique names, or indication that AI systems are the core deliverable — it reads as a legacy platform modernization contract with potential ML as a buried component. The problem is identifiable (submarine detection/tracking capability) but stated at high level without operational specificity or success metrics. Johns Hopkins APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), a hallmark of legacy defense establishment, not an AI-native startup or modern tech company.