TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION
Department of Defense · SBIR
AI-Readiness Score
12/19
AI / ML Relevance
7/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
3/5
Award
$1,193,650
Award amount
—
Award date
N6893622C0006
PIID
Awardee
44
Total awards
$203,551,350
Total $ won
10.0/19
Avg AI score
Description
SBIR 2 N192-073
Score Rationale
AI/ML relevance scores 7 because SBIR Phase 2 awards in defense typically require concrete technical approach, and Toyon's track record suggests signal processing and sensor fusion work (core to modern defense AI), but the sparse description provides no explicit mention of ML techniques, autonomous systems, or computer vision—only program code 'N192-073' which is insufficient to confirm AI is the core deliverable rather than a component. Problem framing scores 2: the description contains zero articulation of operational problem, end-user need, or success criteria—purely procedural contract metadata. Awardee quality scores 3: 'Toyon Research Corporation' reads as semi-legacy (the 'Research Corporation' suffix and regional California defense contractor profile), neither clearly modern-native nor an obvious large prime, making it ambiguous whether this represents new AI-native procurement or traditional SBIR work.