Google signs deal with US Defense Department for classified AI use

Alphabet’s Google signed an agreement with the US Department of Defense to use artificial intelligence models in secret work. Information He reported Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The report also noted that the agreement allows the Pentagon to use Google’s AI “for any lawful government purpose” and that OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI have joined in making agreements with the Pentagon for the use of AI models for classified environments.

Reuters was unable to confirm the report. Alphabet and the U.S. Department of Defense did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Pentagon has signed deals worth up to $200 million each in 2025 with major AI labs including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google. The Pentagon is trying to maintain full flexibility in defense and not be limited by warnings from the technology’s creators against powering weapons with unreliable artificial intelligence.

A spokesperson for Google Public Sector, the body that handles business for the US government, told The Information that the new agreement is a change to the existing contract.

US President Donald Trump ordered the department to rename itself the War Department; This is a change that will require congressional action.

Released on April 28, 2026