Neowin News Feed for: Pentagon

Anthropic just won a major legal battle against the Pentagon

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:12:54 +0000

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, ruling it constitutes illegal First Amendment retaliation. Read more...

Anthropic sues Pentagon over "supply chain risk" label

Ivan Jenic — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:20:01 +0000

As announced last week, Anthropic challenges the government's decision to label it a "supply chain risk" in court. Read more...

Anthropic is now officially labelled a "supply chain risk" in the US (Updated)

Ivan Jenic — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:42:01 +0000

The Department of Defense has officially designated the "supply chain risk" status to Anthropic. Here's the breakdown of all recent events. 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...

Microsoft stops using China-based engineers to support US defense clients

Hamid Ganji — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 08:28:01 +0000

Microsoft bans its Chinese Azure engineers from providing technical support to US defense clients after lawmakers raise concerns about potential risks. Read more...

White House and Pentagon prioritize AI for national security

Omer Dursun — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:22:01 +0000

Biden signed a new national security memorandum directing the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to embrace AI technology. The move aims to maintain American dominance over rivals such as China. Read more...

EU considering to pay for Starlink in Ukraine fearing Elon Musk might abruptly cut it off

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:54:01 +0000

After SpaceX wrote to the Pentagon asking to fund Starlink in Ukraine and withdrawing the request the next day, the EU fears Elon Musk might wake up one day and cut off Ukraine's internet. Read more...

Elon Musk says SpaceX will continue funding Starlink's Ukraine operations

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:38:01 +0000

Elon Musk has said that SpaceX will continue funding Starlink's operations in Ukraine indefinitely. This comes after SpaceX wrote a letter to the Pentagon asking to pick up the tab for its operations. Read more...

SpaceX asks Pentagon to pick up the tab for Starlink's services in Ukraine

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:16:01 +0000

SpaceX has wrote to the Pentagon asking to fund Starlink's services in Ukraine. The company said that it is "not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine, or fund the existing terminals." 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...

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 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...

Google employees protest over the company's work for Pentagon's drone program

Gurkaran Singh — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:16:01 +0000

Having garnered over 3100 signatures, a petition by Google employees requests CEO Sundar Pichai to not lead the company into "The Business of War" by being a part of Project Maven- a Pentagon program. Read more...

Russia said to have launched "sophisticated cyberattack" against Pentagon email system

Andy Weir — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 21:12:01 +0000

A non-classified Pentagon email system used by thousands of personnel working for the Joint Chiefs of Staff was successfully targeted in a cyber-attack - and fingers are now being pointed at Russia. Read more...

Pentagon to staff: Stop watching porn at work

Tyler Holman — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:01:35 +0000

In an unusual turn of events, the Pentagon has ordered Missile Defense Agency staff to stop watching porn at work, amid fears that employees are focusing too much time on the wrong kind of explosions. Read more...

Pentagon admits they were cyber-attacked, data stolen in March

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:05:06 +0000

Today, Deputy Defence Secretary William Lynn admitted that in March, foreign hackers managed to obtain thousands of files on the United States “most sensitive systems” through the Pentagon. This revelation came about as the Pentagon... Read more...

Details surface on what data was stolen from the Pentagon

Brad Sams — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:36:00 +0000

In a previous article on Neowin we reported on the data that was stolen from the Pentagon. Now, new details have surfaced about what information was taken. For the most part there is very little... Read more...

Pentagon computers hacked, several terabytes of data stolen

Brad Sams — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:59:56 +0000

Computer hackers have once again infiltrated the Pentagon's computer system and this time may have gotten away with some valuable data. The government and the Wall Street Journal are both pointing fingers at... Read more...

Pentagon admits to having spy satellites

Brad Sams — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:16:27 +0000

The Pentagon has gone on record to officially say that they do have satellites that spy on other satellites. The Mitex micro-satellites, which were launched in 2006 have been flying around in the geostationary... Read more...

The Pentagon approves a flying car!

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:08:12 +0000

Come one, come all to Big Kyle's Discount Auto Sales lot to see the newest in stock PAVs! These babies come fully loaded with room for 4 people! They have a sleek, shiny, stealthy coat... Read more...

Google Pulls Pentagon Pics

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:46:49 +0000

Google has complied with a request by the Pentagon to remove some online images from its street-level map service because they pose a security threat to U.S. military bases, military and company officials said on... Read more...

Pentagon buys weapons research supercomputer from Linux Netw

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:18:19 +0000

Linux Networx is building a new, high-performance 2,132-CPU Linux cluster supercomputer for the U.S. Department of Defense as part of an IT modernization program being undertaken by the agency. In an announcement today,... Read more...

Pentagon e-voting plan 'flawed'

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:10:08 +0000

The Pentagon has defended its internet voting system after a critical report recommended it should be scrapped. Four computer experts who reviewed the pilot project said the risks of online voting could not... Read more...

Pentagon Pushes Next Version of IP

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 19:55:15 +0000

Military projects will require new Internet protocol to handle address explosion. The next version of the Internet Protocol, which provides a 128-bit standard to transmit data, is getting a jump-start for adoption... Read more...

Pentagon to Move to Next-Generation Internet

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:07:45 +0000

The Defense Department said on Friday it planned to link its high-tech weaponry, battlefield sensors and other communications systems to an upgraded Internet operating system within five years. John Stenbit, the Pentagon's chief information officer,... Read more...

Senate limits Pentagon 'snooping' plan

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:37:11 +0000

The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to slap restrictions on a controversial Pentagon data-mining program that critics say would amount to a domestic spying apparatus. The vote represents an unusual triumph... Read more...

Activists target Pentagon internet information head

Tue, 24 Dec 2002 10:54:39 +0000

Internet activists have a message for John Poindexter, the head of a controversial Pentagon research project to find terrorists by searching the everyday transactions of Americans: Threaten to invade our privacy, we'll invade yours. ... Read more...

WTC and Pentagon Attacks: Effects on Technology

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 20:04:11 +0000

     Have you noticed how the news the last few days have been slow and how there have not been many comments on the message boards? Well, that is because of the terrorist attacks against... Read more...