The Silicon Valley company’s win caps a contentious fight with a Beltway giant.
By Shane Harris Shane Harris Intelligence and national security reporter Email Bio Follow March 26 at 6:08 PM The Army has chosen Palantir Technologies to deploy a complex battlefield intelligence system for soldiers, according to Army documents, a significant boost for a company that has attracted a devoted following in national security circles but had struggled to win a major defense contract.
In March 2018, the Army chose Palantir and Raytheon to vie for the next phase of the Distributed Common Ground System , which lets users gather and analyze information about enemy movements, terrain and weather to create detailed maps and reports in real-time. The system is designed to be used by soldiers fighting in remote, harsh environments.
Palantir and its advocates argued that their software was cheaper and could meet all the Army’s requirements. But Army brass defended their decision to pay for a custom-built platform. Traditionally, the government first chooses a company to build a system according to a set of detailed requirements. But this approach let the Army take both companies’ products for a test drive before settling on the winner.
Chris Johnson, a spokesman for Raytheon, said the company was disappointed in the outcome. “We will wait for the Army’s de-brief to understand their decision.”Raytheon and Palantir may compete for subsequent phases of work on the program.
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