They want to make a decentralized chat app based on blockchain tech among other things.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-25/u-s-wants...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-25/u-s-wants...
NATO is also looking into blockchain uses: https://www.ncia.nato.int/NewsRoom/Pages/160425_Innovation.a...