THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$300,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8165
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
UBIQUITOUS ACTIVE RF TUNABLE FILTER FOR ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS ENABLED BY BARIUM TITANATE -ON- INSULATOR ENHANCED SILICON PHOTONICS (ARTF) ATTACHMENT 1
Score Rationale
This award funds hardware materials science and photonics engineering (barium titanate-on-insulator silicon photonics for RF filtering), with no mention of AI, ML, machine learning techniques, or algorithmic systems—it is a physics/EW component development contract, not an AI-native award. Problem framing is moderately clear (electronic warfare RF filtering capability) but lacks operational context or end-user scenario. Johns Hopkins APL is an FFRDC, the prototypical legacy defense research institution, scoring zero on awardee quality despite technical excellence.