Pentagon makes agreements with 7 companies to add AI to classified networks
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Advanced AI capabilities from NVIDIA, OpenAI, SpaceX, Reflection, AWS, Microsoft and Google will be made available at Impact Level 6 and 7.
The Pentagon announced new agreements with seven leading artificial intelligence developers on Friday, with those companies set to support classified workflows in military operations.
SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services have all been selected to deploy their AI products in the Department of Defense’s Impact Level 6 and Impact Level 7 network environments, with a specific focus on streamlining data synthesis, improving warfighter decision-making and elevating situational understanding and awareness.
Notably, the press release said these new contracts are part of the Pentagon’s ongoing efforts to “build an architecture that prevents AI vendor lock and ensures long-term flexibility for the Joint Force” by making a diverse range of AI tools available for Defense employees.
“Together, the War Department and these strategic partners share the conviction that American leadership in AI is indispensable to national security,” the release said. “This leadership depends on a thriving domestic ecosystem of capable model developers that enable the full and effective use of their capabilities in support of Department missions. As mandated by President [Donald] Trump and Secretary [Pete] Hegseth, the Department will continue to envelop our warfighters with advanced AI to meet the unprecedented emerging threats of tomorrow and to strengthen our Arsenal of Freedom.”
The new AI tools will be available via GenAI.mil, the Pentagon’s central AI platform. In late April, Google rolled out its Gemini 3.1 Pro model on the platform for various defense use cases.
The announcement follows tensions that exploded between another AI company, Anthropic, and the Pentagon in late February after the company refused to allow its products to be used for autonomous weapons and surveillance of Americans. The Pentagon subsequently designated Anthropic a supply chain risk and Trump ordered federal agencies to begin offloading use of its products, though a judge has issued an injunction on those actions.