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U.S. appeals court upholds Pentagon designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk

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Being barred from defense supply chains

A federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk. The ruling blocks the U.S. military and its defense contractors from using Claude models. Technology providers now face binding national security exclusions across federal defense contracts.

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Conflicting federal court rulings complicate how defense contractors evaluate supply chain compliance for commercial software.

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