Summary points:

• Military AI experts are asking Anthropic, Google Public Sector, and AIQ Phase to develop advanced AI prototypes for national defense.
• Projects focus on cutting-edge AI applications like command and control, situational awareness, cyber operations, and uncrewed systems.
• The initiative strengthens ties between the military and leading AI developers to align emerging technologies with critical warfighting and enterprise requirements. here

WASHINGTON – U.S. military computing experts are asking three companies to find ways of using artificial intelligence for warfighting and large-scale computing that supports decision-making, operations, and administration.

Officials of the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office in Washington announced three separate potential $200 million contracts on Monday to develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in across warfighting and enterprise domains.

Artificial intelligence (AI) contracts went to Anthropic PBC in San Francisco; Google Public Sector LLC in Reston, Va.; and AIQ Phase LLC in San Francisco. These companies will develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges for warfighting and enterprise computing.

Key military AI frontiers and capability areas include command and control; predictive analytics and situational awareness; autonomous and uncrewed systems; cyber and information operations; Enterprise transformation; health care delivery; and scenario planning.

Military-industry collaboration

The contracts seek to develop close collaboration between the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and pioneering AI companies to give the military access to AI capabilities, and to share the military’s needs with industry.

Frontier AI refers to the latest generation of advanced AI models that push the boundaries of what AI can achieve. These models involve general-purpose high-performance computing built on massive scales.

On these three contracts, the companies will do the work in and around Washington, and should be finished by July 2026. For more information contact Anthropic online at www.anthropic.com; Google Public Sector at https://publicsector.google/; or the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office at www.ai.mil. AIQ Phase does not have a website.