Hacker News with Generative AI: Government Contracts

Palantir and Anduril join forces with tech groups to bid for Pentagon contracts (ft.com)
Internal Google documents reveal concerns about its cloud contract with Israel (theverge.com)
Google officials had concerns about potential human rights violations that might be linked to its $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government before ever even signing the deal, according to documents first reported on by The New York Times today.
Documents contradict Google's claims about its Project Nimbus contract (theintercept.com)
When questioned about its controversial cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, Google has repeatedly claimed the so-called Project Nimbus deal is bound by the company’s general cloud computing terms of service policy.
Palantir Secures $99M Army Contract for User-Centered ML (executivegov.com)
SpaceX prevails over ULA, wins military launch contracts worth $733M (arstechnica.com)
The US Space Force's Space Systems Command announced Friday it has ordered eight launches from SpaceX in the first batch of dozens of missions the military will buy in a new phase of competition for lucrative national security launch contracts.
U.S. Army aims for final draft of software mega-contract (breakingdefense.com)
AUSA — The Army’s massive and much-debated “modern software development” contract is headed for a third and final revision due out next month, officials told a standing-room-only audience here at the Association of the US Army conference Wednesday.
Microsoft Teams with Startup Anduril on Army Combat Goggle System (bloomberg.com)
Defense technology startup Anduril Industries Inc. is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to improve the performance of new combat goggles for the US Army, Anduril said Thursday, in a project that may generate as much as $21.9 billion from the service over a decade.
Green tech startup with no climate experience secured millions in gov contracts (propublica.org)
AWS wins $2B contract for Australian military top secret region build (abc.net.au)
Anduril Selected for U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program (anduril.com)
Google Contract Shows Deal with Israel Defense Ministry (time.com)
Google Contract Shows Deal with Israel Defense Ministry (time.com)
Google Contract Shows Deal with Israel Defense Ministry (time.com)