Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon’s supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic

Published September 25, 2026 2:17pm ET | Updated September 25, 2026 2:17pm ET



A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia upheld the Pentagon’s effective blacklisting of Anthropic in a 2-1 decision on Friday.

The ruling is the latest moment in the feud between the War Department, which listed Anthropic as a supply chain risk in March, and the artificial intelligence company that runs the Claude platform.

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