The Department of Defense announced Friday that it has signed agreements with seven major technology companies—Google parent Alphabet, OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, SpaceX, and Reflection—to deploy artificial intelligence tools on classified military networks.
The Pentagon said the deals will help establish the U.S. military as an “AI-first fighting force.”
The announcements come amid a continuing feud with Anthropic after the company said it objected to requests that would allow its technology to be used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. In late February, President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to terminate their relationships with the AI firm and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth designated it a supply-chain risk.
The latest moves expand upon a long-running and intensifying relationship between Silicon Valley and the U.S. military and intelligence community. In September 2025, the Defense Logistics Agency signed a $48 million contract with Google Public Sector to use its Google Cloud services. In July, 2025, Google was awarded a $200 million AI contract with the DoD while Anthropic and xAI were separately awarded Pentagon contracts.
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