Overview

• The one-year award tasks OpenAI with developing prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains.
• Under the contract, OpenAI will prioritize administrative tools to improve service member healthcare delivery and strengthen cyber defenses.
• The Department of Defense selected OpenAI through a competitive acquisition that drew 12 offers and will have the work conducted mainly in the Washington, D.C., region.
• This deal represents OpenAI’s first official defense contract, building on its late-2024 partnership with Anduril Industries on anti-drone and security systems.
• OpenAI has pledged to follow its usage policies that prohibit weaponization of its models and has recruited former national security leaders to oversee its defense engagements.