Defense and intelligence AI contracts

Army, Air Force, DoD CDAO, NGA, SOCOM and Coast Guard awards for AI platforms, frontier models, geospatial analytics and autonomy. 36 contracts in the ledger, 18 with a stated value, 14 with a ceiling. Largest stated value: $448M, Palantir. Largest ceiling: $10B, Palantir.

Verified 11 Nov 2026. Top vendors: Palantir (8), C3 AI (3), Scale AI (3), BigBear.ai (2), Planet (2), Ursa Space Systems (2).

  1. U.S. Department of War — Dataminr First Alert contract (2026)

    U.S. Department of War · Dataminr · 5 years

    $318M stated value
  2. NGA — Planet maritime AI analytics extension

    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Planet · 1 year

    $21.9M stated value
  3. $5.6B ceiling
  4. French Ministry of the Armed Forces — Mistral AI framework agreement (2026)

    French Ministry of the Armed Forces (Ministère des Armées) · Mistral AI

    Undisclosed
  5. U.S. Navy — Palantir ShipOS shipbuilding AI (2025)

    U.S. Navy · Palantir · 2 years

    $448M stated value
  6. NGA — Enabled Intelligence SEQUOIA data labeling contract (2025)

    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Enabled Intelligence · 7 years

    $708.3M ceiling
  7. Undisclosed
  8. DoD CDAO — Scale AI enterprise production agreement (2025)

    DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office · Scale AI · 5 years

    $100M ceiling
  9. U.S. Army — Scale AI research and development contract (2025)

    Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground · Scale AI

    $99M ceiling
  10. U.S. Army — Palantir enterprise agreement (2025)

    U.S. Army · Palantir · 10 years

    $10B ceiling
  11. Pentagon — Auterion Skynode kits for Ukraine (2025)

    U.S. Department of Defense · Auterion

    $50M stated value
  12. U.S. DoD CDAO — Google Public Sector AI and cloud contract (2025)

    U.S. Department of Defense, CDAO · Google

    $200M ceiling
  13. $200M ceiling
  14. U.S. DoD CDAO — Anthropic frontier AI prototype award (2025)

    U.S. Department of Defense, CDAO · Anthropic · 2 years

    $200M ceiling
  15. NGA — BlackSky facility monitoring delivery order (2025)

    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · BlackSky · 4 years

    $24.4M stated value
  16. U.S. DoD CDAO — OpenAI frontier AI prototype award (2025)

    U.S. Department of Defense, CDAO · OpenAI

    $200M ceiling
  17. U.S. Air Force RSO — C3 AI predictive maintenance task order (2025)

    U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office · C3 AI

    $13M stated value
  18. U.S. Air Force RSO — C3 AI PANDA expanded ceiling (2025)

    U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office · C3 AI

    $450M ceiling
  19. USSOCOM — Anduril mission autonomy integration contract (2025)

    U.S. Special Operations Command · Anduril Industries · 3 years

    $86M stated value
  20. NATO NCIA — Palantir Maven Smart System NATO (2025)

    NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) · Palantir

    Undisclosed
  21. DoD Joint Staff J-35 — BigBear.ai ORION contract

    U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Staff J-35 · BigBear.ai · 3.5 years

    $13.2M stated value
  22. Defense Innovation Unit — Scale AI Thunderforge (2025)

    Defense Innovation Unit · Scale AI

    Undisclosed
  23. $400.7M stated value
  24. DoD CDAO — LILT AI translation contract (2024)

    DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office · LILT

    Undisclosed
  25. $165.2M stated value
  26. $198.1M ceiling
  27. $33M stated value
  28. DoD CDAO — Palantir Maven AI/ML contract (2024)

    DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office · Palantir · 5 years

    $480M ceiling
  29. U.S. Army — Palantir TITAN prototype maturation (2024)

    Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground · Palantir

    $178.4M stated value
  30. $500M ceiling
  31. NGA — Electromagnetic Systems Feature ID delivery order

    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Electromagnetic Systems

    $3.6M stated value
  32. NGA — Maxar Intelligence Facility and Object Monitoring delivery order

    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Maxar Intelligence

    $3.5M stated value
  33. NGA — NV5 Geospatial Almanac delivery order

    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · NV5 Geospatial

    $4.5M stated value
  34. NGA — Ursa Space Systems Global Awareness Tracker delivery order

    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Ursa Space Systems

    $13.8M stated value
  35. NGA — Ursa Space Systems TrueSight delivery order

    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Ursa Space Systems

    $21M stated value
  36. U.S. Navy — Planet vessel detection renewal

    U.S. Navy · Planet · 0.5 years

    $7.5M stated value