Pentagon Appeals After Judge Blocks Designation of Anthropic as Supply-Chain Risk

The artificial intelligence company has argued that it’s facing illegal retaliation for its ethical concerns.
Pentagon Appeals After Judge Blocks Designation of Anthropic as Supply-Chain Risk
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on U.S. military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington on March 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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The War Department filed an appeal on April 2 against a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocked the Pentagon from continuing to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk.

The designation of the artificial intelligence (AI) company, under a federal law designed to protect military systems from foreign sabotage, functions as a blacklist, preventing it from doing business with the federal government and its contractors.