# The Pentagon announced on Friday strategic agreements with seven artificial intelligence companies to enhance classified network operations.

*aerospace · news · 2026-05-01 · Devdiscourse*

## Key points

- The Pentagon signed strategic AI agreements with seven companies to expand classified network operations.
- Anthropic was deliberately excluded from these deals due to ongoing security and supply-chain concerns.
- SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, and AWS will provide AI tools at Impact Levels 6 and 7.
- The Pentagon aims to avoid vendor lock and encourage emerging AI startups to collaborate on defense projects.

**Companies:** SpaceX, Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Reflection
**Countries:** United States

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