NSPM-11 sets continuity requirements for military AI suppliers
NSPM-11 directs U.S. agencies to prevent commercial suppliers from disabling, degrading, blocking, or materially changing mission-dependent AI systems without government knowledge and approval.
What happened
Event details
The memorandum calls for contractual or other safeguards that preserve federal control over AI systems used for national-security missions. It also directs agencies, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to pursue termination of contracts with companies that repeatedly act against the policy, while allowing time-limited waivers of no more than one year for mission-critical relationships under enhanced oversight.
Assessment
Why it matters
The memorandum shifts control over continuity for mission-dependent commercial AI systems toward the government and changes the procurement risk faced by frontier-model suppliers serving national-security customers.