The U.S. Department of Defense, referred to as the U.S. Department of War by the Trump administration, announced that it has entered into agreements with eight of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies to deploy AI capabilities on the department’s classified networks.
The agreements with SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Oracle will accelerate the establishment of the U.S. military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen the military’s “ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,” the department said.
The department said integrating secure AI capabilities into the department’s Impact Level 6 (IL6) and Impact Level 7 (IL7) network environments will streamline data synthesis, elevate situational understanding, and augment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments, the department said. The AI companies will provide resources to deploy their capabilities on both environments to support the department’s AI Acceleration Strategy by enabling new capabilities across warfighting, intelligence, and enterprise operations.
GenAI.mil, the War Department’s official AI platform, is already used by more than 1.3 million department personnel. Warfighters, civilians and contractors put the capabilities to practical use currently, cutting many tasks from months to days.
“The Department will continue to build an architecture that prevents AI vendor lock and ensures long-term flexibility for the Joint Force. Access to a diverse suite of AI capabilities from across the resilient American technology stack will give warfighters the tools they need to act with confidence and safeguard the nation against any threat,” the department said.