# Pentagon says it has reached agreements with seven AI companies to deploy their advanced capabilities on classified networks.

*aerospace · news · 2026-05-01 · NDTV.com*

## Key points

- The Pentagon has integrated seven AI companies into its classified Impact Levels 6 and 7 networks.
- Anthropic remains banned from Pentagon contracts due to concerns over supply-chain risk.
- Google has reached a new agreement to allow its AI models for classified Department of Defense work.
- The Pentagon's GenAI.mil platform has supported 1.3 million Defense Department personnel in five months.
- Anthropic's Mythos model is considered a distinct national security issue by Pentagon leadership.

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

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