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).
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U.S. Department of War — Dataminr First Alert contract (2026)
U.S. Department of War · Dataminr · 5 years
$318M stated value -
NGA — Planet maritime AI analytics extension
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Planet · 1 year
$21.9M stated value -
U.S. Army — Salesforce Missionforce IDIQ (2026)
U.S. Army · Salesforce
$5.6B ceiling -
French Ministry of the Armed Forces — Mistral AI framework agreement (2026)
French Ministry of the Armed Forces (Ministère des Armées) · Mistral AI
Undisclosed -
U.S. Navy — Palantir ShipOS shipbuilding AI (2025)
U.S. Navy · Palantir · 2 years
$448M stated value -
NGA — Enabled Intelligence SEQUOIA data labeling contract (2025)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Enabled Intelligence · 7 years
$708.3M ceiling -
UK Ministry of Defence — Palantir defence AI strategic partnership (2025)
UK Ministry of Defence · Palantir · 5 years
Undisclosed -
DoD CDAO — Scale AI enterprise production agreement (2025)
DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office · Scale AI · 5 years
$100M ceiling -
U.S. Army — Scale AI research and development contract (2025)
Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground · Scale AI
$99M ceiling -
U.S. Army — Palantir enterprise agreement (2025)
U.S. Army · Palantir · 10 years
$10B ceiling -
Pentagon — Auterion Skynode kits for Ukraine (2025)
U.S. Department of Defense · Auterion
$50M stated value -
U.S. DoD CDAO — Google Public Sector AI and cloud contract (2025)
U.S. Department of Defense, CDAO · Google
$200M ceiling -
U.S. Department of Defense — xAI frontier AI contract (2025)
U.S. Department of Defense · xAI
$200M ceiling -
U.S. DoD CDAO — Anthropic frontier AI prototype award (2025)
U.S. Department of Defense, CDAO · Anthropic · 2 years
$200M ceiling -
NGA — BlackSky facility monitoring delivery order (2025)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · BlackSky · 4 years
$24.4M stated value -
U.S. DoD CDAO — OpenAI frontier AI prototype award (2025)
U.S. Department of Defense, CDAO · OpenAI
$200M ceiling -
U.S. Air Force RSO — C3 AI predictive maintenance task order (2025)
U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office · C3 AI
$13M stated value -
U.S. Air Force RSO — C3 AI PANDA expanded ceiling (2025)
U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office · C3 AI
$450M ceiling -
USSOCOM — Anduril mission autonomy integration contract (2025)
U.S. Special Operations Command · Anduril Industries · 3 years
$86M stated value -
NATO NCIA — Palantir Maven Smart System NATO (2025)
NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) · Palantir
Undisclosed -
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 -
Defense Innovation Unit — Scale AI Thunderforge (2025)
Defense Innovation Unit · Scale AI
Undisclosed -
U.S. Army — Palantir Army Vantage renewal (2024)
U.S. Army · Palantir
$400.7M stated value -
DoD CDAO — LILT AI translation contract (2024)
DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office · LILT
Undisclosed -
U.S. Army — BigBear.ai GFIM production services (2024)
U.S. Army · BigBear.ai · 5 years
$165.2M stated value -
U.S. Coast Guard — Shield AI V-BAT ISR services (2024)
U.S. Coast Guard · Shield AI
$198.1M ceiling -
DoD CDAO — Palantir Open DAGIR development platform contract (2024)
DoD CDAO · Palantir
$33M stated value -
DoD CDAO — Palantir Maven AI/ML contract (2024)
DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office · Palantir · 5 years
$480M ceiling -
U.S. Army — Palantir TITAN prototype maturation (2024)
Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground · Palantir
$178.4M stated value -
U.S. Department of Defense — C3 AI enterprise acquisition agreement (2021)
U.S. Department of Defense · C3 AI · 5 years
$500M ceiling -
NGA — Electromagnetic Systems Feature ID delivery order
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Electromagnetic Systems
$3.6M stated value -
NGA — Maxar Intelligence Facility and Object Monitoring delivery order
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Maxar Intelligence
$3.5M stated value -
NGA — NV5 Geospatial Almanac delivery order
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · NV5 Geospatial
$4.5M stated value -
NGA — Ursa Space Systems Global Awareness Tracker delivery order
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Ursa Space Systems
$13.8M stated value -
NGA — Ursa Space Systems TrueSight delivery order
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Ursa Space Systems
$21M stated value -
U.S. Navy — Planet vessel detection renewal
U.S. Navy · Planet · 0.5 years
$7.5M stated value