RAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
5/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$47,904,325
Award amount
—
Award date
N0016424FJ027
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
AN/DAS-4 MULTI-SPECTRAL TARGETING SYSTEM
Score Rationale
AN/DAS-4 is a legacy electro-optical/infrared targeting sensor system with no explicit AI/ML component named in the description — this reads as hardware/sensor procurement rather than AI-native work. Problem framing is minimal (implied operational need for multi-spectral targeting but no articulation of why this system solves it). Raytheon is a large prime contractor ($60B+ annual revenue), disqualifying it from the 'AI-native startup' category entirely; this award reflects traditional defense industrial base capture, not evidence of AI-native procurement innovation.