Pentagon Formalizes Palantir Maven Smart System as Official Military AI Program of Record
Bloomberg·high signal
Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg issued a March 9 memo formalizing Palantir's Maven AI as a Pentagon program of record — locking in long-term stable funding and mandating adoption across all military branches by September 2026. Maven analyzes battlefield data from satellites, drones, radars, and sensors to automatically identify targets and threats; its contract ceiling was raised to $1.3 billion in May 2025. Oversight is being transferred from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to the Pentagon's Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office within 30 days, signaling a centralized AI-first defense posture.