NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
1/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,400,000
Award amount
—
Award date
N6133125F0108
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
REQUIREMENT FOR HYDROPHONE REPAIRS FOR THE AN/AQS24
Score Rationale
This is a hardware repair contract for sonobuoy equipment (AN/AQS-24 is a legacy airborne mine detection system), with zero AI/ML content—no algorithms, autonomy, or data science mentioned. Problem framing is purely transactional ('repairs needed') with no operational context. Awardee is Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a canonical large prime defense integrator, representing legacy procurement entirely orthogonal to AI-native defense startup activity.