CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.
Department of Defense · BAA
AI-Readiness Score
6/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
2/5
Award
$6,673,325
Award amount
—
Award date
N6600123C4002
PIID
Awardee
29
Total awards
$72,287,627
Total $ won
11.1/19
Avg AI score
Description
DARPA BAA HR001122S0032, RESEARCH IAW SOW - BASE
Score Rationale
The award description provides almost no substantive information—'RESEARCH IAW SOW - BASE' is pure procurement boilerplate with zero technical content, making problem framing impossible to assess. Charles River Analytics is a well-established defense research contractor (founded 1989, known for AI/reasoning work), but the name structure ('Analytics') and size suggest a legacy-oriented firm rather than an AI-native startup. Without access to the actual SOW or DARPA BAA topic, AI/ML relevance cannot be verified; the award could fund genuine ML research (Charles River has that capability) or could be administrative overhead, leaving only a low confidence score.