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
$500,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8176
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Score Rationale
The award title 'Submarine Environmental Awareness' contains no explicit AI/ML terminology, technique names, or system descriptions — it reads as a domain/platform framing rather than an AI deliverable. Problem articulation is purely categorical with no specifics on operational need, end-user pain point, or success metric. Johns Hopkins APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC), which by definition represents legacy institutional procurement rather than AI-native startup opportunity, despite the university affiliation.