REI Systems is a well-established government contractor (founded 1989) with significant scale (800+ employees, estimated $100M+ revenue), placing it in the highest tier of the calibration scale. The project demonstrates immense real-world utility through critical public sector IT solutions (NASA, DHS). However, the submission itself was of low quality, featuring vague claims ('everyone', 'most people') and lacking specific evidence, necessitating a reliance on external verification and resulting in penalties to the Traction and Response Quality metrics.
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