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6 developments involving Palantir in 2 countries and bodies. The most recent is Pentagon says it has stopped using Anthropic’s products, 5 Oct 2026.
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- Pentagon says it has stopped using Anthropic’s products
The US military has cut out the AI company whose usage limits it objected to, while Anthropic’s court challenge to the label goes on.
- US Army folds 75 Palantir contracts into one deal worth up to $10bn
Army units and other Defense components can buy Palantir software through one vehicle worth up to $10bn over ten years, with volume discounts across 75 former contracts.
- NATO buys Palantir’s Maven Smart System for its operational headquarters
Planners at Allied Command Operations in Mons use Palantir’s Maven Smart System, including large language models, for targeting and planning on a platform also used by US forces.
- Anthropic, Palantir and AWS bring Claude to US defence and intelligence agencies at IL6
A frontier model became available for classified US defence work through accredited infrastructure, so agencies could use it on secret data without building their own hosting.
- Meta opens Llama models to US defence and national security agencies
US defence contractors could build on a free, open-weights model with named partner companies bringing Llama to agencies.
- Palantir unveils AIP, putting large language models into military planning software
Defence buyers saw a major contractor offer chat-based planning and targeting tools built on large language models for use on classified networks.