Shortened Targeting Timelines and Accelerated Decision-Making
The US Army has selected Palantir Technologies and Consortium Management Group (CMG) to deliver a prototype for the first phase of ground station modernisation in support of the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) programme, the company announced on 13 January. Contract value for this phase is $8.5 million (€7 million), with a potential value up to $250 million over all four phases.
Palantir will collaborate with the Army to design and demonstrate a ground station prototype solution that leverages leverage space, high altitude, aerial, terrestrial sensors and data sources for use in intelligence and military targeting operations. It will field a turnkey solution that integrates data from a variety of sources, including commercial and classified sources from space to ground sensors. The Army will use the results of this contract phase to inform decisions regarding future phases and eventual production of the ground station.
“Palantir’s products were built for just this purpose,” commented Doug Philippone, Global Defense lead. “Operators down-range need shortened targeting timelines when dealing with near-peer threats, and our existing programmes create the perfect operating system to accelerate decision-making.”
The effort will field a globally distributed intelligence enterprise to meet the challenge of Joint All-Domain Operations against near-peer threats. The overall solution will incorporate data integration, fusion, processing, and analytic capabilities using AI and ML to automate and assist the Army in shortening sensor-to-shooter timeline. This system will provide a comprehensive deployable edge solution to counter global threats in challenging and austere environments to support intelligence and targeting.
