NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · BAA
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$4,768,780
Award amount
—
Award date
N6833523C0184
PIID
Awardee
356
Total awards
$25,623,901,495
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
BAA FOR IMPROVED LANDING MODE (ILM) FOR E2D
Score Rationale
The award targets improved landing mode for the E-2D Hawkeye aircraft—an avionics/flight control problem with no mention of AI/ML techniques, autonomous systems, or data-driven methods; 'improved landing mode' suggests legacy flight systems engineering. Problem framing is vague and operational context is absent; no success criteria or end-user challenge is articulated beyond the acronym. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a large prime contractor, the canonical legacy defense integrator, making this a traditional aerospace modernization contract rather than evidence of AI-native procurement.