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
$1,547,842
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8105
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
CONTRACT TASK ORDER N00024-25-F-8105/SSJ19 SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK AS OUTLINED IN THE TASK DESCRIPTION ENTITLED EOD MODERNIZATION III ATTACHMENT 1 AND ATTACHMENT 2 DD FORM 254.
Score Rationale
The award description contains no mention of AI, ML, specific techniques, or algorithmic work—only a boilerplate task order reference to 'EOD Modernization III' with no elaboration on what that entails, making both AI relevance and problem framing impossible to assess from available text. JHU APL is a legacy FFRDC (federally funded research and development center) owned by Johns Hopkins, not an AI-native startup, and the procurement structure (task order under pre-existing contract) suggests routine defense support work rather than innovative AI development.