The article makes it sound like a sort of special deal, but Intel does run a foundry service now, so in theory that means that they aren't picking and choosing who their customers are -- anyone with money can buy manufacturing capacity.
It wasn't clear from what was said before the paywall whether Intel would be manufacturing products designed by the government or another third party, or if these are going to be Intel-designed products. (It's not all too out-of-the-ordinary for Intel or any other chip designer to make a variant of a product with certain application-specific tweaks for certain customers.) If Intel is designing the product, then that's a lot more than ordinary foundry services.
It wasn't clear from what was said before the paywall whether Intel would be manufacturing products designed by the government or another third party, or if these are going to be Intel-designed products. (It's not all too out-of-the-ordinary for Intel or any other chip designer to make a variant of a product with certain application-specific tweaks for certain customers.) If Intel is designing the product, then that's a lot more than ordinary foundry services.