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
$410,716
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8118
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
DATA SCIENTIST AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT
Score Rationale
The award title 'Data Scientist and Systems Engineering Support' contains zero mention of specific AI/ML techniques, deliverables, or methodologies—it reads as a staff augmentation or services contract. Problem framing is absent entirely; no operational challenge, end-user need, or success criteria are articulated. JHU APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), which disqualifies it from the 'AI-native startup' signal; this is legacy institutional procurement.