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Pentagon Hands Meta-Backed Scale AI $500 Million Contract, 5 Times Last Year's Deal, Report Says

Forbes · May 6, 2026, 9:55 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

The deal is part of the Defense Department's accelerating push to embed artificial intelligence across military decision-making.

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