Pentagon to Push AI Battlefield Integration With Focus on Maven

March 21, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC

The Pentagon intends to accelerate AI-enabled decision-making and put it at the heart of its ambition to link up sensors and shooters for combat operations, according to a policy memo seen by Bloomberg.

Establishing Palantir Technologies Inc.’s Maven Smart System as a so-called program of record “will provide the stable funding and resourcing necessary” for development, integration and for commanders to fight and win wars, Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinbergsaid in the memo.

The US military already uses the Maven digital mission control platform in every combatant command, or regional theater. The system provides a digital map display ...

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