Pentagon has picked Google’s Gemini for its AI push. Here’s what it means

The Defense Department is rolling out Alphabet’s Gemini for Government system across its workforce. That covers about three million people, from civilian staff to active-duty troops.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth framed it bluntly. “The future of American warfare is here, and it’s spelled AI.” He said the software will help the military process video and imagery far faster than humans can.

The Pentagon is calling the new platform GenAI.mil. The goal is to shift the entire department toward an AI-driven way of working. In its words, this will define how the U.S. fights on the digital battlefield for years.

The deal builds on Google Cloud’s $200 million contract announced in July. Other AI companies, including OpenAI, xAI and Anthropic, also hold Defense Department contracts.

Google already supplies AI tools to the Navy, the Air Force and the Defense Innovation Unit.

This new rollout is bigger. It is the Pentagon betting that AI should sit at the center of its operations, not on the edges.