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Defense Contractors, Like Lockheed, Seen Removing Anthropic's AI After Trump Ban
The ban targets Anthropic's AI tools over national security concerns and supply chain risks, with defense contractors expected to comply despite legal challenges.
- Last Friday, President Donald Trump announced a federal agency-wide ban on Anthropic with a six-month phase out, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered contractors to cease all military commercial activity immediately.
- Under authorities like the DOD Supply Chain Risk Authority, the administration plans to bar Anthropic but lawyers say it has not publicly shown compliance with FASCSA’s required steps.
- With huge government contracts at stake, Franklin Turner said, 'Most companies that do significant business with the government are hyper-aware of what the U.S. government wants and they're likely already taking steps to cleanse their supply chains of Anthropic,' while Lockheed Martin said it would follow the president and Pentagon and expects minimal impacts.
- Anthropic said it will challenge the ban in court and pointed to its Friday statement asserting the Department of Defense lacks statutory authority to bar contractors' use, while contract lawyers called the decision a 'highly aggressive position' likely vulnerable to judicial review.
- In the past year, defense contractors have complied with Trump directives, including removing DEI language, and the administration previously used FASCSA to bar Acronis AG, showing swift alignment with the trillion‑dollar annual defense budget.
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