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2021-10-06 Science & Technology

Palantir scores US Army contract to build out intelligence data fabric

[C4ISRnet] WASHINGTON — The Army has awarded Palantir an $823 million contract to enable an intelligence data fabric and analytics as part of an effort to modernize legacy battlefield intelligence systems, the Army announced Wednesday.

The award is specifically for capability drop 2 for the Distributed Common Ground System and will deliver a data fabric for intelligence across the world. The Army said capability drop 2 software will serve as the base data platform supporting and enabling enterprise intelligence data management and operations.

The Army in recent years has adopted a capability drop approach, incrementally adding software to previous builds to ensure the service is harnessing the latest technological advancements.

This particular program is a next-generation version of the Distributed Common Ground System, which disseminated intelligence data to forces on the battlefield. It’s meant to help the Army be better postured to fight and win against near-peer adversaries.

Palantir will provide users with a globally federated intelligence data fabric and analytics platform spanning multiple security classifications, the company said in a release. The system will enable data integration, correlation, fusion and analytic capabilities.

In future battles, soldiers will need access to timely intelligence collected from an exponential number of sensors as well as national intelligence agencies. This data fabric is meant to create a central repository for that data to be analyzed and shared.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-10-06 10:03|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 After a decade or more, someone in DoD finally woke the fok up.

Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) was proprietary, mentor heavy failure from day one. The troops hated it.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-10-06 10:11|| 2021-10-06 10:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Yep, we used Palantir. DCGS was ok...hard to use though.

Posted by Tennessee 2021-10-06 15:23|| 2021-10-06 15:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Amazon to sue in 5, 4, 3...

Posted by ed in texas 2021-10-06 17:45|| 2021-10-06 17:45|| Front Page Top

#4 So who do we have to {REDACTED} to get an evaluation copy of Palantir? Seems like a fun thing to play with. Maybe if we pretend to be a think tank...

Posted by SteveS 2021-10-06 23:01|| 2021-10-06 23:01|| Front Page Top

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