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
$6,342,229
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8142
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
UNMANNED MARITIME SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT SSQAL
Score Rationale
The description 'Unmanned Maritime Systems Engineering Development SSQAL' contains no explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or autonomous decision-making systems—only generic systems engineering language. Problem framing is absent: no operational challenge, end-user need, or success metric is articulated beyond a contract category code (SSQAL). APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC) subsidiary of Johns Hopkins, a large institutional prime with deep legacy defense roots, not an AI-native startup.