The Pentagon's Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering confirmed Anthropic is still flagged as a supply chain risk to the defense industrial base, contradicting Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's suggestion the issues were resolved.
The U.S. Defense Department is pressing defense companies to dramatically speed up weapons production and deliveries amid concerns that the ongoing war with Iran has exhausted critical missile and munitions supplies. Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg told contractors that "years-long development cycles are not acceptable," though funding to boost production remains stuck in Congress as diplomatic deadlock continues over the Strait of Hormuz.
