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Trump ordered US government agencies to stop using Anthropic's Claude

Hamid Ganji — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:46:01 +0000

Donald Trump has ordered U.S. government agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI models following the AI startup's recent feud with the Pentagon. Read more...

OpenAI secures Pentagon deal amid Anthropic "Supply Chain Risk" designation

Pradeep Viswanathan — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:04:01 +0000

OpenAI has successfully negotiated a contract with the Department of War, claiming their agreement preserves ethical boundaries. Read more...

Pentagon promises hell to pay for Anthropic in ongoing feud

Usama Jawad — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:56:01 +0000

Pentagon may cut Anthropic over AI dispute, setting up a high-stakes clash that could reshape defense-tech partnerships. Read more...

US DoD approved several Google Pixel devices for US military and other agencies

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:56:02 +0000

Google announced that more than a dozen Pixel devices have received a seal of trust from the US DoD, making them fit for military usage. Read more...

US Army demands price cut for Microsoft's $80,000 IVAS headset

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:00:01 +0000

The US Army is pleased with the latest version but wants Microsoft to reduce the high cost. Microsoft is working to meet this request to secure a large order. Read more...

Anduril and Microsoft team up to enhance IVAS: a new era in battlefield awareness

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:10:01 +0000

Anduril Industries is partnering with Microsoft to enhance the capabilities of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) for the US Army. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly proposed the use of OpenAI's DALL-E to the US Department of Defense

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 04:14:01 +0000

According to a new report, Microsoft made a proposal to the US Department of Defense for them to use OpenAI's DALL-E generative AI art maker to create images for military training purposes. Read more...

OpenAI is working with the Pentagon on a number of new projects including cybersecurity

Mehrotra A — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 05:48:01 +0000

OpenAI is working with the US government and the Department of Defense on cybersecurity tools. This comes after the company deleted language from its TOS barring it from working with the military. Read more...

A special version of Microsoft 365 is rolling out for the Office of the Secretary of Defense

John Callaham — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:02:01 +0000

The US Office of the Secretary of Defense is now mass-deploying DOD365-Secret, a more secure version of Microsoft 365 cloud productivity service, for its workers to use, mostly in the Pentagon. Read more...

Microsoft and Lockheed Martin launch deal on innovation in AI, 5G and more

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:50:01 +0000

The U.S. Department of Defense will be benefitting in four key areas as a result of this partnership, including cloud innovation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more. Read more...

Securing classified US data: Microsoft announces Office 365 Government Secret cloud

Fiza Ali — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:28:01 +0000

After Azure Government Secret and Top Secret clouds, Microsoft has now announced Office 365 Government Secret cloud, a new US Government Cloud environment to aid in securing classified data. Read more...

Intel Foundry Services secures agreement with US Government for next-gen chip manufacturing

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:30:01 +0000

As part of the US trying to become self-reliant in semiconductor manufacturing, Intel has secured an agreement with the Department of Defense to provide chip fabrication services with the government. Read more...

Microsoft Azure Government Top Secret has hit general availability

Usama Jawad — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Azure Government Top Secret, its cloud offering dealing with modernizing infrastructure and data management tooling for classified U.S. Government operations, has hit GA. Read more...

U.S. DoD scraps the $10 billion JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft [Update]

Abhay V — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:34:01 +0000

The U.S. DoD today announced that it was shelving the controversial JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft, citing industry advances. It will now work with both Microsoft and Amazon on a new project. Read more...

Data and the Future of Defense - Free eBook

News Staff — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:46:01 +0000

How prepared is the Department of Defense for modern warfare? Download your complimentary copy of Data and the Future of Defense eBook today, and discover how before this offer expires. Read more...

Microsoft will retain the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI contract, beats Amazon again

Abhay V — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 22:14:01 +0000

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) today reaffirmed that after re-evaluation of revised bids from Microsoft and Amazon, the JEDI contract will continue to be offered to Microsoft. Read more...

Microsoft wins JEDI contract from the U.S. Dept. of Defense

Paul Hill — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 04:28:01 +0000

Microsoft has been awarded the Department of Defense's JEDI contract, beating Amazon. Microsoft will now help the DOD develop tech to allow comms with soldiers on the battlefield and in remote areas. Read more...

Microsoft announces five-year deal worth $1.76 billion with Pentagon

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:42:01 +0000

Today, further details have emerged regarding Microsoft's five-year enterprise services contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, along with an official announcement from the tech giant. Read more...

Microsoft says it won't withdraw from its Pentagon bid amid protests

Jay Bonggolto — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:40:01 +0000

Microsoft's President, Brad Smith, said today that the company will pursue the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud project. Smith's statement comes after other vendors have protested the program. Read more...

IBM files bid protest versus Pentagon's cloud initiative even before the bidding closes

Ruel Revales — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:16:01 +0000

Even before bids are due for the U.S. Department of Defense's $10 billion cloud computing contract, IBM is now disputing the agency's intention to award the contract to a single provider. Read more...

US Department of Defense looking to finish Windows 10 migration by the end of the year

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 14 May 2017 23:56:01 +0000

The chief information officer at the US Department of Defense has stated that one of the DoD's top priorities this year will be completing the migration of almost all of its systems to Windows 10. Read more...

Report: US government spends tens of billions on maintaining 50-year old computer systems

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 25 May 2016 12:28:01 +0000

A new congressional reports shows that every year the US government spends a shocking amount of money just to maintain ancient computer systems that it still uses; in some cases as old as 50 years. Read more...

US Department of Defense to upgrade 4 million devices to Windows 10 within a year

Andy Weir — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:46:48 +0000

The Department of Defense will upgrade over 4 million machines "from laptops to desktops to mobile devices, including Surface" by February 2017, which Microsoft calls "an unprecedented move". Read more...