THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,166,406
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8108
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS RDTE (BNER2)
Score Rationale
This is an FFRDC (Johns Hopkins APL) navigation systems R&D contract with no explicit AI/ML techniques or deliverables named in the description — 'NAVIGATION SYSTEMS RDTE' is a generic modernization framing typical of legacy defense work. The problem statement is purely acronymic (BNER2) with no operational context articulated. APL is a federally funded research center (0 on awardee quality), not an AI-native startup, and the award amount and scope suggest infrastructure or integration work rather than a core AI system deliverable.