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
$1,500,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8065
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
LAUNCHER EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Score Rationale
Description contains zero AI/ML terminology or framing—'launcher equipment systems engineering' is purely mechanical/hardware procurement with no algorithmic or learning component evident. Problem is stated only as a generic systems engineering activity with no operational context or success criteria. Johns Hopkins APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), the opposite of an AI-native startup; this award signals legacy defense procurement, not AI adoption.