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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Eric E. Austin, the commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command and deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Portfolio Acquisition Executive, Marine Corps, provides his remarks at the Mavin Smart System Summit at Quantico Corporate Center, Va., Aug. 25, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Magdalena Tochimani-Fuentes)

Marine Corps moves to expand Maven Smart System account access across its enterprise

A notable expansion of enterprise licensing for Palantir’s AI-powered software platform went into effect Oct. 1.
Services members assigned to the GenAI.mil task force, Department of Defense (DOD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), deliver training on building AI agents to Sailors assigned to U.S. Pacific Fleet on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 23, 2026. (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Sypert)

DOD poised to move all classified AI workloads off Anthropic by October

U.S. officials shared new details about the fast-tracked migration and early enterprise deployments of military-tuned frontier AI models.
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U.S. Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, and 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, observe Marines conducting a live fire platoon attacks at Range 410A as part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-26, MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, June 11, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lainey Brummett)

Marine Corps mandates use of new digital app for SITREPs

The new Operational Data Integration Nexus (ODIN) app will be housed in the Maven Smart System, which was built by Palantir.
Soldiers assigned 4th Infantry Division maneuver to the objective during a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise as part of Ivy Mass at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, May 17, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Stewart)

Army taps Anduril as lead for NGC2 common data layer baseline as service sets ‘groundwork for rapid scaling’

Now, as the Army looks to scale NGC2 across the force, it has settled on Anduril to help shepherd data, applications, AI models and other military systems…
U.S. Army Capt. Zach Marise, a deliberate operations team with the National Guard Bureau, uses the Maven Smart System in Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 20, 2026. Marise teaches the MSS and its capability to process vast amounts of data from weather to troop locations. (U.S. Army Photo by Master Sgt. Whitney Hughes)

DOD wants more than $2B in fiscal 2027 to move beyond ‘fragmented’ CJADC2 deployments

Budget documents indicate that the department aims to swiftly consolidate “software-centric C2 onto a single pane of glass” in the next year.
Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, establish a fighting position during Ivy Sting 5 on Fort Carson, Colorado, March 11, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kristen Cruz)

‘Expose your interfaces’: Army pushes industry to open up software for ‘hackathon’

“We are setting conditions to where being open is industry’s ticket to participate,” said Dr. Alex Miller, chief technology officer for the Army. “If you do not…
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