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
$2,000,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002425F8210
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
RAPID CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT AND PROTOTYPING - BRC01
Score Rationale
The award description provides no technical substance whatsoever—'RAPID CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT AND PROTOTYPING' is pure administrative/procurement language with zero mention of AI, ML, or any specific technical approach. The awardee is Johns Hopkins APL, an FFRDC (federally funded research center) owned by Johns Hopkins University, which is by definition a legacy research establishment, not an AI-native startup. The $2M award size and vague 'rapid assessment' framing suggest this is exploratory or administrative in nature rather than core AI/ML development.