Palantir products are used across the defence digital and data ecosystem and that is expected to continue in some form, but no decisions have been taken on which parts of the Digital Targeting Web the company will provide, according to an answer given in Parliament.
Ben Obese-Jecty, the Conservative member for Huntingdon, asked which element of the Digital Targeting Web will be provided by Palantir, referring to the strategic partnership announced in September last year.
Luke Pollard, Minister of State for Defence, said: “Palantir products are currently used in the defence digital and data ecosystem, and this is expected to continue in some form. However, no decisions have been made on future consumption of Palantir products and services for the Digital Targeting Web. The process for industry to engage with the Digital Targeting Web is via the Challenge Book which runs a fully open and transparent assessment and selection process for potential candidate products.”
The Digital Targeting Web is the programme intended to connect sensors, decision making and weapons across the services so that a target found by one platform can be engaged by another. Pollard told Parliament last week that the department intends to invest up to £1.8 billion in it over four years, with £266 million allocated for the current financial year, £352 million for 2027-28 and £1,213 million for the two years after, and that the profile is being refined in the planning round now under way.
In a separate answer, Pollard said no assessment has yet been made of British integration with NATO’s Maven Smart System, which reached full technical operating capability in June, because work in the integration space is continuing. Maven Smart System is the alliance’s artificial intelligence targeting and decision support tool, built on technology from Palantir.
