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
$416,069
Award amount
—
Award date
N0002426F8045
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
SSBN REPLACEMENT STRATEGIC WEAPONS SYSTEM ENGINEERING FY26
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques or deliverables are mentioned in the award description; this is strategic weapons system engineering for SSBN (ballistic submarine) replacement—a legacy hardware/integration problem with no algorithmic or learning component evident. The problem framing is purely programmatic ('FY26' engineering) rather than operational or technical. APL is a federally funded research center (FFRDC) owned by Johns Hopkins, placing it in the legacy defense establishment category despite its technical reputation.