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
$1,600,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8075
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
NAVY ADVANCED RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - FY25-FY28 NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS (NDS)
Score Rationale
Award description contains zero mention of AI, ML, or any machine learning technique; 'Advanced Research & Development' is generic R&D language with no indication that AI is the core deliverable or even a component. Problem framing is purely administrative—'Nuclear Delivery Systems' names a domain but provides no operational problem statement, end-user need, or success criteria. Awardee is Johns Hopkins APL, an FFRDC (federally funded research and development center), which by definition represents legacy institutional research infrastructure, not AI-native procurement.