Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
HPE
Information Technology
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This page is part of our public exclusion list — a transparency tool that shows which companies we screen out and why. It is not investment advice, and it is not an accusation. But it is subject to change as our understanding of the facts evolves.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is a significant contractor to the U.S. federal government, with over $1 billion in total obligated dollars across more than 11,000 contract actions in a single year. Its subsidiary, Aruba Networks, partnered with General Dynamics Information Technology to develop a software-defined network solution for the U.S. Department of Defense. The company has also held contracts with the Israeli Ministry of Defense. While much of HPE’s business involves commercial IT infrastructure, its specialized development work for military networks and its scale of government contracting indicate a material engagement with defense customers that extends beyond the sale of incidental, dual-use products.
HPE was formed from the 2015 Hewlett-Packard split, inheriting occupation-related projects. The original HP worked with the Israeli military since the 1990s on the Aviv population registry system, prison management systems, and checkpoint infrastructure. AFSC sent HP Enterprise a letter requesting clarification of post-split contracts but received no response. HPE provides equipment to the discriminatory Israeli population registry and prison system.
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