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Service members and civilian partners operate from a tactical command post during Exercise Arcane Thunder 25 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, May 28, 2025. The environment supports real-time coordination, cyber integration, and multi-domain operations to enhance mission readiness and interoperability. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Rajheem Dixon, 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force)

Army plans big shakeup in software buying practices, starting with new $10B enterprise deal with Palantir

A new enterprise agreement with Palantir that the Army announced is just the beginning of a larger push by the service to gain more flexibility and transparency…
Sgt. Victor Sanchez, a fire direction coordinator assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Artillery Regiment, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the New York Army National Guard, operates an advanced field artillery tactical data system to calculate aiming data to relay to the howitzer teams during an air assault artillery raid on Fort Drum, N.Y. on June 9, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Alexander Rector)

Army finalizing contracting approach for scaled-up version of enterprise data platform

Army Chief Data and Analytics Officer David Markowitz told DefenseScoop the goal for Army Data Platform 2.0 is to offer users new capabilities from multiple vendors.
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A woman walks under a sign of big data analytics US software company Palantir at their stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 22, 2022. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Palantir, Anduril form new alliance to merge AI capabilities for defense customers

The teaming initiative, which the companies are calling a “consortium,” is emerging as the firms separately continue to rack up big contract wins with the Pentagon.
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