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A view of the Palantir building is seen during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos Switzerland 2026/01/20 (Photo by Laurent Hou / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

Feinberg’s new Maven directive sets AI-enabled decision-making as ‘the cornerstone’ for CJADC2

Less than a month after the edict's release, experts said the full implications of this major transition remain unclear.

Apr 3, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Lumberjack drone (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman)

Army tests autonomous strike drone featuring AI-enabled targeting capabilities

During the recent Operation Lethal Eagle, Northrop Grumman demonstrated its new Lumberjack drone and its ability to conduct autonomous target detection via the Maven Smart System.

Apr 1, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Army Civilian Career booth at 2023 BEYA Career Fair in National Harbor, Maryland Feb. 10, 2023. (Army photo).

Army gives some civilian employees days to accept reassignments, separations or face involuntary moves amid force-wide rebalancing effort

One commander said the rebalancing will bring “difficult decisions” for his civilian workforce.

Mar 26, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

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Katrina Manson: Project Maven and the Advent of Algorithmic Warfare

Katrina Manson, Author, Project Maven & Reporter, Bloomberg News

Mar 24, 2026

U.S. Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct an airborne operation from a CH-47 Chinook at Sicily Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Alvin Cade Jr.)

An 82nd Airborne unit built its own AI tools as the Army pushes a ‘safe playground’ for soldiers to experiment with the tech

Achieving a balance between soldier-led experimentation and AI safety is part of the “daily grind” for the Army’s chief information officer Leonel Garciga and his staff, he…

Feb 23, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

A member of the Rhode Island Army National Guard reviews a Soldier’s enlisted record brief (ERB) during a centralized promotion board, Feb. 12, 2025, Camp Fogarty, Rhode Island. Conducted without in-person candidates, the board relies heavily on accurate and well-written NCOERs (noncommissioned officer evaluation report) to fairly evaluate and score each promotion file. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Terry Rajsombath)

Meet VECTOR: An unofficial soldier-made AI tool the Army suspended pending a ‘compliance review’

VECTOR was created on Army Vantage, a Palantir-made platform intended to improve decision-making by meshing data repositories with machine learning.

Feb 2, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

DOD maps out plan for new enterprise command-and-control program office, C2 suite

This new program office would essentially fuse multiple DOD elements that have come to fruition since the late 2010s.

Jan 6, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Air Force Airmen and members of the Royal Air Force participate in the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis Capstone (ShOC-N) experiment event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 17-21, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Nesbitt) (Documents blurred for security purposes.)

Latest Air Force capstone tests AI, joint integration for battle management

“This integration revealed new insights on how AI and machine learning can support diverse tactics and align exercises with [Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control] goals,” 805th…

Dec 23, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Navy Secretary John Phelan and Palantir CEO Alex Karp unveil ShipOS in Washington D.C. on Dec. 9, 2025. (Photo by DefenseScoop)

How the new Navy-Palantir ‘ShipOS’ partnership is informed by Project Maven

Senior officials shed new light on the effort to equip U.S. shipyard workers with "software Iron Man suits."

Dec 23, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

A rendering of what someone using the new Project Overmatch capability known as Maven would look like. A unified tactical display that provides insight on vessels across the world, the Maven program overlays real-time ship readiness and sustainment data right at the user’s fingertips by utilizing artificial intelligence. It was created by Project Overmatch and Palantir in collaboration. (Image found on DVIDS as stock photo courtesy of Palantir)

Marine Corps names leadership for Project Dynamis amid push for new AI capabilities

Col. Arlon Smith was tapped to direct the project.

Sep 23, 2025 By Jon Harper