Palantir wins another major Army contract

The Army has awarded Palantir a $480 million deal to support its Maven Smart System prototype, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The U.S. military has recently been using this type of artificial intelligence technology in the Central Command area of responsibility in the Middle East. The Maven Smart System uses AI generated algorithms and memory learning capabilities to scan and identify enemy systems in the Area of Responsibility, fusing data from various Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) systems to identify areas of interest. The Pentagon wants to use artificial intelligence tools like Maven to enable its Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control warfighting construct, which aims to better connect the platforms, sensors and data streams of the U.S. military and key international partners under a more unified network. Defense officials intend to leverage AI to help commanders and other personnel make faster and better decisions and improve operational effectiveness and efficiency. The company was recently awarded another AI-related deal by the Army for the next phase of the service’s TITAN ground station program, which aims to provide soldiers with next-generation data fusion and deep-sensing capabilities via artificial intelligence and other tools. That other transaction agreement was worth $178 million.