# OpenAI Expands National Security AI Efforts

Former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has joined OpenAI as senior counselor for national security modernization, advising the company and government, industry, academic, and allied partners on applying advanced AI to national and cyber security. The appointment builds on the Pentagon’s June 2025 $200 million prototype award to OpenAI Public Sector and the deployment of approved ChatGPT models on GenAI.mil; it signals continued activity in defense AI but does not announce a new solicitation or contract.

- The prior prototype Other Transaction agreement covers frontier AI capabilities for national security challenges in warfighting and enterprise domains.
- Procurement teams and contractors can treat Driscoll’s appointment and the existing deployments as indicators of OpenAI’s continued focus on government national-security applications, not as an active bidding opportunity.
- Companies pursuing related work should assess how their AI capabilities could support national-security use cases and collaboration with government, industry, academic, and allied partners.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military, Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
**Published:** November 03, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
- U.S. Army (Army)
- Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)

### Vendors
- OpenAI Public Sector (awardee)
- OpenAI ()

### Key Quotes
> I’m joining OpenAI to help the United States and our allies put this technology to work responsibly, for the people who keep us safe.
> — Dan Driscoll, OpenAI Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization

### Sources
- [Former Army boss Dan Driscoll joins OpenAI as senior counselor | DefenseScoop](https://defensescoop.com/2026/11/03/dan-driscoll-openai-strategic-counselor) - DefenseScoop