# The US Department of War recently announced a deal with seven technology companies to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools on classified military networks.

*aerospace · news · 2026-05-03 · Times of India*

## Key points

- The Pentagon signed a deal with seven tech companies for AI deployment on classified networks.
- Google's involvement covers Impact Level 6 and 7 networks used for highly classified operations.
- A Google DeepMind scientist publicly criticized and expressed shame over Google signing the Pentagon contract.
- Over 600 Google employees previously urged CEO Sundar Pichai to avoid such military agreements.
- Google clarified the contract is an amendment to an existing Pentagon agreement, not an entirely new deal.

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

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