Google is adding AI agent capabilities to the U.S. Department of Defense’s dedicated AI portal to automate administrative tasks for service members and civilian staff. The company said the move is distinct from the recent decision to supply models for classified networks, which excluded Anthropic in favor of OpenAI.
On the 10th (local time), Google announced the launch of an Agent Designer feature for GenAI.mil, the Pentagon’s AI portal.
Built on Google’s Gemini model, the tool will be available to roughly 3 million DoD civilians and service members for unclassified work. Agent Designer is a no-code/low-code interface that lets users create customized AI agents by issuing plain-language instructions.
Using the tool, Defense personnel can build digital assistants to automate repetitive, multi-step administrative workflows without needing programming skills.
The agents can draft pre-meeting briefs, generate meeting summaries and consolidate action items from team discussions. Google says the features are designed to improve organizational efficiency and reduce repetitive tasks.
GenAI.mil was introduced in December 2025 as "Gemini for Government." It drew more than 1 million users within about a month and now about 1.2 million Defense Department employees use it for unclassified tasks.
To support adoption, Google is working with the DoD’s chief digital and AI officers to provide training programs and advisory sessions.
Emil Michael, the department’s deputy assistant secretary of defense for technology, said agents will be rolled out first on unclassified networks—where most users operate—and expanded into classified environments later. He stressed that because AI can make errors, human review must remain the final check.
The announcement drew attention amid Anthropic’s exclusion from a Defense contract and its ongoing litigation. It also revived memories of the internal backlash Google faced during the Maven project, when employees protested the company’s work with the military.
Jim Kelly, Google’s vice president for the public sector, said the company is proud to be the first technology provider supporting more than 3 million civilian and military users on GenAI.mil and emphasized the platform’s role in noncombat administrative support.
Reporter Chan Park cpark@aitimes.com
