CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
6/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
2/5
Award
$454,073
Award amount
—
Award date
N0003925F1000
PIID
Awardee
29
Total awards
$72,287,627
Total $ won
11.1/19
Avg AI score
Description
DATEM SOFTWARE
Score Rationale
The award description 'DATEM SOFTWARE' provides no articulation of problem, success criteria, or specific AI/ML techniques—it reads as a generic software procurement label rather than a technical scope. Charles River Analytics is a mid-market defense software firm known for simulation and decision support, not an AI-native startup, and the $454K award size suggests a small software service or module rather than core AI system development. The complete absence of problem framing and vague naming convention (DATEM is opaque) indicate this is likely modernization or sustaining engineering work rather than genuine AI/ML innovation.