THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$2,469,230
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002426F8005
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
INTEGRATED NUCLEAR WEAPONS SYSTEM SURETY FY26
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques or deliverables are mentioned in the description; this is a nuclear weapons system surety contract—classic compliance and safety engineering work with no algorithmic component. Problem framing is purely administrative ('FY26' budgeting language) with no operational context or success metrics articulated. Johns Hopkins APL is a large federally funded research center (FFRDC), the opposite of AI-native procurement—this represents legacy defense institutional funding, not startup opportunity or meaningful AI adoption.