Exclusive: Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system, memo says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

March 20, 2026 7:28 PM EDT Updated 8 hours ago


NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - Palantir’s (PLTR.O), opens new tab Maven artificial intelligence system will become an official program of record, Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve ​Feinberg said in a letter to Pentagon leaders, a move that locks in long-term use of Palantir’s weapons-targeting technology across ‌the U.S. military.

In the March 9 letter to senior Pentagon leaders and U.S. military commanders, Feinberg said embedding Palantir’s Maven Smart System would provide warfighters “with the latest tools necessary to detect, deter, and dominate our adversaries in all domains”. The decision is expected to go into effect by the close of the current fiscal year, which ends in September, ​according to the letter, which was reviewed by Reuters and has not been previously reported.

Maven is a command-and-control software platform that analyzes battlefield ​data and identifies targets. It is already the primary AI operating system for the U.S. military, which has carried ⁠out thousands of targeted strikes against Iran over the last three weeks.
Designating Maven as a program of record will streamline its adoption across all arms ​of the military and provide stable, long-term funding, Feinberg said.

The memo ordered oversight of Maven be moved from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to the ​Pentagon’s Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office within 30 days. Future contracting with Palantir will be handled by the Army, the letter said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/technology/pentagon-adopt-palantir-ai-as-core-us-military-system-memo-says-2026-03-20/

[Scrivener7]

1. What could go wrong?

[tanyev]

2. I mean, just naming the company Palantir is a big red flag.

[Scrivener7]

6. I never knew.

[tanyev]

7. Maybe Mabrey loves LOTR, except the disappointing ending where the bad guys lost? 🤷‍♂️

Ted Mabrey, Palantir's global head of commercial, asked ex-employees to return to the company.

Palantir is making a direct appeal to its alum — complete with more "Lord of the Rings" references.

On Monday, Ted Mabrey, the company's global head of commercial, called on "former hobbits" to return to "the Shire" in matching posts on X and LinkedIn.

"If you have ever considered returning to Palantir, this is the week to do it," he wrote. "The world is demanding every last unit of creative energy we can muster."

https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-former-employees-return-shire-lord-of-the-rings-2026-3

[BadgerKid]

3. Well, build 100M military drones at taxpayers' expense

For deployment in the US against those that AI identifies as “undesirable.”

[LymphocyteLover]

12. oh god help us

[Lovie777]

4. God gave mankind the brain capacity to learn..................

Sci Fi movies and television shows from the past foreseen what machines might do...................

To name a few:

1. Forbidden Planet
2. The Terminator
3. I Robot
4. Star Trek (1967) - A taste of Armageddon

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Don't forget

5. Star Trek (1968) - The Ultimate Computer

Daystrom = the same as a pile of tech bros today!

[LymphocyteLover]

11. Don't forget Skynet

[Miguelito Loveless]

14. Colossus: The Forbin Project

Absolutely nailed the stupidity of using AI in the military.

[photokat]

5. Movie?

Anyone seen the movie War Games? I know it's old but it seems apropos, especially to this administration.

[Firestorm49]

9. "adversaries in all domains"..... ought to scare the shit out of everybody.

I mean it’s not as if our military doesn’t already have numerous ways to observe (spy) and control civil unrest here in the states. It may not be the role of the military to be used domestically, but these are not normal times, and this is not a normal administration.

[LymphocyteLover]

10. Of course-- it allows maximum evil. We really need war crimes prosecutions ASAP.

[highplainsdem]

13. Thiel and Karp are two of the craziest AI bros. What could do wrong?

[LudwigPastorius]

15. Palantir's Maven is battlefield tested.

100% reliable at targeting girls' elementary schools!

[kimbutgar]

16. Wow turning our military intelligence information to a private company that be hacked by Russia

What could go wrong?

It seems everyday is getting more ghastly in this country. I don’t want to be scared but it getting harder to not be !

And those on Reich wing media propaganda channels will never hear this !

[reACTIONary]

17. Military intellligence has NOT been ...

.... turned over to a "private company". The Maven system is a top secret system that is fully and completely under the military's control. Nothing has been turned over.

This is very similar to any data system - a data base, for instance - that contains classified information. The government does not turn over data to the data base software vendor. The vendor licenses the data base to the government, and may provide consulting in setting it up, loading data, etc., but the government does not turn over the data to the vendor. The government controls the system and the data.

[kimbutgar]

19. Thank you for the clarification

But what happened with doge concerns me with this story of the muskrat wanting to be involved,

[catsudon]

18. woah

I have a lot of stocks in PLTR thanks to Nancy Pelosi.

I added 10k when She went to Taiwan. I'm very grateful for what she has done, even if I'm in VA

[mahina]

20. As much as I resist fatalist thinking

I hear the soft whisper in the background of my own mind telling me “well I guess that’s it for us monkeys.”

We sure better kick some ass in a few months