THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$5,084,559
Award amount
—
Award date
N6600121C4020
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
RESEARCH IAW SOW IN SUPPORT OF THE DARPA V-SPELLS PROGRAM.
Score Rationale
The award provides almost no technical substance: 'V-SPELLS' is not defined in the description, and there is no mention of specific AI/ML techniques, algorithms, or deliverables—only a bare reference to a DARPA program and a statement of work (SOW) elsewhere. Johns Hopkins APL is an FFRDC, a legacy research institution with institutional overhead typical of government labs rather than an AI-native commercial entity. The framing is purely administrative ('research IAW SOW'); without the actual SOW document, the underlying problem is invisible, making this impossible to assess as genuine AI procurement evidence.