THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
2/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$500,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8168
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
FY25 ADVNACED REENTRY SYSTEMS - OMN
Score Rationale
The award title 'Advanced Reentry Systems - OMN' contains zero explicit mention of AI/ML techniques, models, or algorithms; 'reentry systems' refers to ballistic/hypersonic vehicle design and aerothermodynamics, not machine learning. Problem framing is minimal—only a cryptic acronym 'OMN' (likely internal program code) provides context, with no articulation of an operational gap or success metric. APL is an FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Center) operated by Johns Hopkins University, a legacy institutional research contractor, not an AI-native startup.