DoD Grants Salesforce Agentforce 360 IL5 Authorization for Military AI Deployment

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The Department of Defense has granted Impact Level 5 authorization to Salesforce's Agentforce 360 platform, allowing the system to handle Controlled Unclassified Information and certain unclassified National Security Systems data. This production-grade clearance, announced on August 5, requires a FedRAMP High baseline plus over 450 DoD-specific security controls, physical tenant separation, and U.S.-persons-only access, with the platform running on AWS GovCloud. Salesforce CEO of Missionforce and Government Cloud Kendall Collins stated the company is the first commercial software firm to bring an agentic platform into the national security environment. The U.S. AI defense market is valued at roughly $4 billion this year and projected to reach $10.9 billion by 2031, while the DoD's fiscal 2026 AI budget request is $14.2 billion. Salesforce already holds an Army IDIQ contract worth up to $5.6 billion over 10 years, with Army Human Resources Command as the first component to deploy Agentforce 360, projected to handle more than 55 million agent conversations per month. The authorization required Salesforce to attest that Anthropic's generative AI models were disabled within the platform, though a policy-driven toggle could re-enable them if the DoD changes its stance.

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Salesforce.com Inc
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DoD IL5 authorization enables Salesforce to deploy Agentforce 360 for military AI, expanding demand.

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AnthropicPrivate▼ Negative
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Anthropic's models are disabled in the platform, potentially reducing its use in this deployment.

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