GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · OTA
AI-Readiness Score
7/19
AI / ML Relevance
2/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
3/5
Award
$274,521
Award amount
—
Award date
W31P4Q18F0048
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
THIS IS A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)-SERVICES FOR INTEGRATED BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM (IBCS) EXPANDED MISSION AREA MISSILE (EMAM) DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT TO THE INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY (IFPC). THE TOTAL COST FOR TASK ORDER W31P4Q18F0048 IS $284,977.85 WITH A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE THROUGH 14 JUNE 2019.
Score Rationale
No AI/ML techniques, methodologies, or systems are named anywhere in the description; this is labeled as generic 'R&D services' for an existing military platform (IBCS/IFPC), suggesting systems integration or requirements support rather than ML development. Problem framing is purely administrative (task order number, performance dates, cost) with no articulation of an operational challenge—'expanded mission area' and 'development support' are boilerplate language. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP is an academic research entity (not a startup or AI-native firm), but the institutional affiliation alone prevents a '1-2' awardee score; however, the contract scale ($275K) and vague scope are consistent with legacy defense procurement patterns rather than modern AI-native work.