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
$900,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8150
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
JATO FY26-FY28
Score Rationale
The description 'JATO FY26-FY28' provides no substantive information about deliverables, techniques, or problem scope — 'JATO' is an acronym without definition in this context, and the funding period alone reveals nothing about AI/ML content. Johns Hopkins APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC) and DoD mainstay, not an AI-native startup. Without a problem statement or technical description, this cannot be evaluated as evidence of AI-native procurement — it appears to be either a renewal/continuation award or a placeholder title.