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The Break Out: Palantir’s new pot of money and the launch of SMD [Video]

In this week's episode, we dive into what looks like a new contracting strategy out of the Army and look to the latest from Alabama.

Integration, existing weapons and uncertainty: In Paris, industry makes its Golden Dome pitch

Executives from both Lockheed and Raytheon indicated interest in building a space-based interceptor, and hinted at their broad approaches to Golden Dome.

Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs to commission into Army reserve, form ‘Detachment 201’

“There’s an urgency to change and transform the Army and these guys [are] going to help,” said Col Dave Butler.

EXCLUSIVE: Allvin says Air Force must grow, even at ‘expense’ of other services

In an interview with Breaking Defense, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin argues the Air Force is most apt for an Indo-Pacific fight relative to other services.

NATO picks Palantir’s Maven AI for military planning, amid trans-Atlantic tension

American Combatant Commands worldwide already make heavy use of Palantir’s Maven Smart System to rapidly share and analyze planning data. Now NATO will start using it too.

Saildrone, Palantir partner to use AI to streamline USV manufacturing, operations

“Leveraging Palantir’s sophisticated manufacturing and AI tools will allow us to streamline manufacturing and radically enhance fleet capabilities,” said Richard Jenkins, Saildrone’s CEO

Such efficiency, very defense: Congress, industry waiting for Elon’s DOGE to wow

In which five executives, three lawmakers and two Pentagon officials weigh in on whether they think DOGE will be a good thing or a bad thing for the Defense Department.

Pentagon CDAO seeks industry input on protecting IP: ‘We’re really open to feedback’

As her signature “Open DAGIR” initiative seeks to bring in smaller, innovative software firms, “we’ve got to be a lot more explicit” in contracting language to protect their intellectual property and data rights, said Chief Digital & AI Officer Radha Plumb.

Palantir taps former GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher as new defense business head

Gallagher, who departed Congress in April, started at Palantir in June and sees it as a continuation of a mission of "preventing World War III."

New Pentagon AI & data chief plans big initiatives for fall, from back office to battlefield (EXCLUSIVE)

The recent announcements on Palantir’s Maven Smart System and other strategic tools are just the start, CDAO Radha Plumb told Breaking Defense, with announcements on tactical and business systems coming by fall.

Open DAGIR: DoD plans July industry day, experiments for new CJADC2 command apps

The Chief Digital & AI Office wants to bring in a wide range of software developers to rapidly create new applications for Combatant Commands worldwide, with the new apps plugging into Palantir’s open-architecture Maven Smart System.

New contract expands Maven AI’s users ‘from hundreds to thousands’ worldwide, Palantir says

Evolved from JAIC’s controversial Project Maven, Palantir’s Maven Smart System pulls together data from satellites, social media and other disparate sources for military commanders and planners.

Can tech reduce civilian deaths in conflict? Mark Milley isn’t so sure.

"How are we going to reduce civilian deaths to the smallest amount humanly possible?" asked Palantir's Alex Karp this week. "That is a tech problem.”

Palantir wins contract for Army TITAN next-gen targeting system

In December, an Army official called TITAN “one of the foundational elements from the intelligence modernization efforts within the Army.”