The US Department of War has designated Palantir’s Maven Smart System as a core program for operations planning.
Reuters reported this news.
The decision is outlined in a memorandum by Deputy Secretary of War Steven Feinberg dated March 9, 2026, which has only recently become public. The move effectively positions Palantir’s technology as a foundational operating system for the US military.
The new status ensures stable long-term budget funding and enables the integration of AI tools across all branches of the US armed forces on a permanent basis.
The military is already actively using the system. According to reports, Maven has played a key role in supporting thousands of strikes in the Middle East, including Iran, in recent weeks.
On the first day of the operation alone, the system helped generate a list of more than 1,000 priority targets.
Militarnyi reported that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth had barred cooperation with Anthropic after the company declined to lift internal restrictions on the use of its AI systems.
The dispute stemmed from a Pentagon demand to remove limits on the use of Anthropic technologies for lethal autonomous weapons and large-scale domestic surveillance.
