Pentagon Signs AI Deals With Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and SpaceX

The U.S. Department of Defense said Friday it has entered agreements with 8 exertion firms, certifying SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft, Oracle, and Amazon Web Services to deploy precocious artificial quality connected classified subject networks.

According to the announcement, the systems volition tally astatine Impact Level 6 and Impact Level 7, Department of Defense information standards for classified data, with IL6 covering secret-level accusation and IL7 utilized for much delicate quality systems designed to grip highly restricted nationalist information data. The AI indispensable run connected tightly controlled infrastructure with strict entree controls, web isolation, and clearance requirements.

“These agreements accelerate the translation toward establishing the United States subject arsenic an AI-first warring unit and volition fortify our warfighters' quality to support determination superiority crossed each domains of warfare,” the Pentagon said.

The Pentagon said the agreements physique connected existing national concern successful these companies, which already clasp contracts crossed unreality computing, information infrastructure, and AI. The announcement did not disclose the worth of the contracts. In its 2026 fund request, the Department of Defense said it is seeking a full of $961.6 billion, including $33.7 cardinal earmarked for subject and exertion and autonomous systems.

The section said the effort volition enactment its interior platform, GenAI.mil, launched successful December with Google Gemini, adding that much than 1.3 cardinal unit person utilized it to make tens of millions of prompts and deploy hundreds of thousands of AI agents successful 5 months. The Pentagon said the strategy volition enactment information analysis, situational awareness, and decision-making, and is designed to usage aggregate AI providers alternatively than trust connected a azygous vendor.

“As we said erstwhile we archetypal announced our statement respective months ago, we judge the radical defending the United States should person the champion tools successful the world,” an OpenAI spokesperson told Decrypt.

An Amazon Web Services spokesperson said the institution plans to grow its enactment for U.S. subject operations arsenic the Pentagon moves guardant with AI deployment connected classified networks.

"For much than a decade, AWS has been committed to supporting our nation's subject and ensuring that our warfighters and defence partners person entree to the champion exertion astatine the champion value,” AWS spokesperson Tim Barrett told Decrypt. “We look guardant to continuing to enactment the Department of [Defense’s] modernization efforts, gathering AI solutions that assistance them execute their captious missions."

The agreements are portion of a broader push to integrate AI crossed subject operations. In March 2025, the Pentagon contracted Scale AI to physique the Thunderforge readying system, followed by deals with OpenAI to incorporated ChatGPT and different with rival steadfast xAI to incorporated its Grok AI exemplary successful July 2025.

Last month, the Department of Defense reached a deal with Google for classified AI work, amid a study that the NSA began deploying Anthropic’s Claude Mythos connected classified networks contempt an ongoing quality with the company.

“As mandated by President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, the Department volition proceed to envelop our warfighters with precocious AI to conscionable the unprecedented emerging threats of time and to fortify our Arsenal of Freedom,” the Pentagon said.

SpaceX, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google did not instantly respond to Decrypt’s petition for comment.

Editor's note: This communicative was updated aft work to adhd remark from OpenAI.