AI agreements for classified networks

The War Department has entered agreements with seven major artificial intelligence firms—SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services—to deploy advanced AI capabilities on the department’s classified networks for lawful operational use. The initiative is billed as a step toward an AI‑first fighting force designed to bolster decision superiority across all domains of warfare.

Under the plan, the companies will provide resources to integrate their tools into the department’s Impact Level 6 (IL6) and Impact Level 7 (IL7) network environments. The department said the deployments are intended to speed data synthesis, improve situational understanding, and support decision-making in complex operational settings.

Officials framed the effort as a key element of the AI Acceleration Strategy, enabling new capabilities across warfighting, intelligence, and enterprise operations. Access to a range of secure frontier AI systems from across the domestic technology sector is intended to give personnel flexibility while avoiding lock-in to any single vendor and preserving options for the Joint Force over time.

The department pointed to early results from GenAI.mil, its official AI platform, which has seen use by more than 1.3 million personnel in five months. Users have generated tens of millions of prompts and deployed hundreds of thousands of agents, with reported reductions in task timelines from months to days.

Leaders emphasized the importance of a robust domestic ecosystem of model developers to sustain American leadership in AI for national security. The department said its direction is mandated by President Trump and Secretary Hegseth and that it will continue to expand the use of advanced AI to meet emerging threats and strengthen the nation’s Arsenal of Freedom.