GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
4/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
1/5
Award
$1,400,879
Award amount
—
Award date
W900KK23C0027
PIID
Awardee
130
Total awards
$1,838,723,793
Total $ won
4.7/19
Avg AI score
Description
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO- LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES BASED ULTRAVIOLET SCENE TECHNOLOGY (MUST) PROTOTYPE
Score Rationale
This award funds hardware R&D (micro-LEDs and UV imaging sensor prototype) with zero mention of AI, ML, or algorithmic work — the core deliverable is a physical device, not an AI system. Problem framing is minimal and purely technical ('develop UV scene technology prototype') without articulation of operational use case, end-user need, or success criteria. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp is an academic research entity/FFRDC-adjacent organization, not an AI-native startup; the award structure and scale ($1.4M prototype work) is typical of traditional DoD hardware R&D, not AI procurement.