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
$3,000,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8091
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
CMC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (SE) AND MODELING CAPABILITY(MC)
Score Rationale
Award description contains zero AI/ML technical language (no algorithms, models, learning systems, or data science mentioned) and framing is purely process-oriented around 'systems engineering' and 'modeling capability' — classic infrastructure/capability-building language with no operational problem articulated. Johns Hopkins APL is an FFRDC, the institutional inverse of AI-native startup procurement; this contract funds internal lab capability rather than customer-funded AI development.