Palantir Deal Shifts Army IT Buying Strategy

Aug. 7, 2025, 9:25 AM UTC

The US Army reshaped its information technology buying model with its new 10-year market-defining contract with Palantir Technologies.

The enterprise licensing agreement consolidates 75 of the software company’s prime and subcontracts into a single contract worth as much as $10 billion over the next decade, according to the July 31 announcement.

The deal comes just four months after the Army abruptly canceled plans for one of its largest software acquisitions — the $10 billion Modern Software Development contract opportunity. The timing suggests a strategic move by the Army to streamline its IT acquisition strategy and reduce costs to better ...

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