Google scored a deal to provide cloud services for an organization within the Department of Defense (DoD) that neatly steps around the cloud giant’s previous pledge to not bid on a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract that it said did not align with its artificial intelligence (AI) principles.

The Google Cloud contract is with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), which works within the DoD to scale commercial technology – like public cloud – across the DoD. Axios reported that the deal is valued in the “seven figure” range.

This specific deal has Google building a secure cloud management platform designed to detect, protect against, and respond to cyberthreats. The systems will use Google’s Anthos multi-cloud management platform to allow DIU to run web services and applications across different cloud platforms like Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft Azure while managed from a single Google Cloud console.

It will supply real-time network monitoring, access control, and audit trails to support DIU’s security posture. The platform also uses the Google-developed Istio service mesh to secure service communication and Netskope for cloud security.

Google said that the platform’s virtual firewalls and auditing devices will be able to scale up to 1 million endpoints; that its software-based deployment model will reduce the cost of using excess hardware and servers; and that it will support mobile devices.

Google announced in late 2018 that it would not bid for the Pentagon’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract citing that it may conflict with the company’s corporate values. That decision followed on Google’s move to not renew its contract with a Pentagon drone program after more than 4,000 Google employees signed a letter demanding that the company cancel the contract and not use its AI technology to support war efforts.

Shortly after that drone decision, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted a blog titled “AI at Google: our principles,” which, among other things, committed to only use AI for “socially beneficial” purposes. He also wrote that Google would not weaponize AI or deploy the technology in applications that “cause or are likely to cause overall harm.”

However, the DIU’s description as being a division within the DoD looks to provide some wiggle room. In the Google release, the DIU is said to partner “with organizations across the Department of Defense to rapidly prototype field and scale advanced commercial solutions that address national security challenges.” That same description also highlights the DIU’s connection to tech companies and geographical hot spots like Silicon Valley, Boston, and Austin, Texas.

The security angle of the deal is also significant for Google as it has been seen as inferior to its larger cloud rivals in that regard. In fact, Google admitted at the time that it would not be participating in the JEDI bidding process because “there were portions of the contract that were out of scope with our current government certifications.”