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
$1,942,736
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8170
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
PMA-263 MCISRE DC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Score Rationale
The award description contains no AI/ML terminology, technique names, or indication that machine learning is a core deliverable—'MCISRE DC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT' is opaque administrative language with no technical specificity. The problem is completely unframed; there is no stated operational challenge, end-user need, or success criterion. Johns Hopkins APL is an FFRDC (federally funded research and development center), a legacy research institution contracted primarily for systems analysis and integration rather than AI-native product development.