LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
1/19
AI / ML Relevance
0/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$1,841,506,960
Award amount
—
Award date
W31P4Q15C0151
PIID
Awardee
427
Total awards
$99,970,968,101
Total $ won
1.9/19
Avg AI score
Description
THIS LETTER CONTRACT IS ISSUED TO ACQUIRE BUY 16 FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2015 HELLFIRE II MISSILE HARDWARE/COMPONENT PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE U.S. ARMY, U.S. AIR FORCE, AND FOREIGN MILITARY SALES COUNTRIES (TUNISIA, INDONESIA, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, EGYPT). THE MAXIMUM NOT-TO-EXCEED (NTE) FIRM FIXED PRICE CEILING AMOUNT FOR THIS LETTER CONTRACT IS $375,804,316. ALL NTE AMOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO DOWNWARD NEGOTIATION ONLY. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FINAL DEFINITIZED FIRM FIXED PRICES EXCEED THE ESTABLISHED NTE PRICES.
Score Rationale
This is a production contract for Hellfire II missile hardware—a 1980s-origin kinetic weapon system with no AI/ML components mentioned or implied in the description. The framing is purely transactional procurement (buy 16 FY2015 production lot) with no operational problem articulated beyond inventory replenishment. Lockheed Martin is the quintessential large defense prime; this award reveals nothing about AI-native procurement and should not be evaluated as evidence of modern defense AI adoption.