U.S. DoD CDAO — Anthropic frontier AI prototype award (2025)

DateDate the contract, order or partnership was announced or agreed, as stated in the cited source (YYYY-MM-DD). Empty when the source gives only a month or a year.

2025-07-141

BuyerThe purchasing organisation or named customer.

U.S. Department of Defense, CDAO1

VendorThe contracting supplier or AI provider, as named in the source.

Anthropic1

SectorGovernment for public-sector buyers (defence, intelligence, civil agencies, health services); Enterprise for companies.

Government

Ceiling $Maximum authorised amount of an IDIQ, blanket purchase agreement or other vehicle. A ceiling caps spending and is not spending; child orders sit inside a parent ceiling, so never add the two.

$200,000,0001

Term yearsStated length of the agreement in years; decimals keep the source's own duration.

21

Contract typeThe vehicle as the source names it: IDIQ, task order, other transaction agreement, blanket purchase agreement, enterprise agreement.

Prototype other transaction agreement1

Status noteA later development reported by the source that affects how to read the row.

The Department of War designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk on 2026-03-04 and Anthropic sued on 2026-03-09. A federal district court set aside the 10 U.S.C. § 3252 designation on 2026-08-27; the D.C. Circuit upheld the 41 U.S.C. § 4713 designation on 2026-09-25, and Anthropic petitioned for rehearing en banc on 2026-10-13.2

1. anthropic.com accessed 2026-11-11
2. anthropic.com accessed 2026-11-11
3. lawfaremedia.org accessed 2026-11-11
4. nextgov.com accessed 2026-11-11
5. taftlaw.com accessed 2026-11-11

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