NATO buys Palantir's Maven Smart System for its operational headquarters
The NATO Communications and Information Agency completed the purchase of the Maven Smart System NATO from Palantir for Allied Command Operations at SHAPE in Mons. The system fuses intelligence and supports targeting, battlespace awareness and planning, and includes large language models and other generative and machine-learning tools. NATO said the deal, signed on 25 March 2025, took about six months, among the fastest procurements in its history.
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The alliance's top military headquarters now runs a commercial AI targeting and decision-support platform, setting a reference point for allied buyers and for interoperability with US forces using Maven.
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