The U.S. Army ordered from Palantir development of the IT system for collecting and the analysis of intelligence information for $876 million

In March, 2018 it became known that the Palantir company will develop the new prospecting platform for U.S. Army.

The new solution which will be created together with Raytheon will replace the growing old automated system of collecting, processing and distribution of prospecting information (Distributed Common Ground System – DCGS).

DCGS is used by different divisions of the American military for processing of prospecting information  from different sources, "covering all spheres — from space to dirt", Bloomberg notes.

The U.S. Army ordered from Palantir development of the IT system for collecting and the analysis of intelligence information for $876 million

Palantir specializing in intelligent data analysis won the contract of U.S. Army for the amount of $876 million. Money will be paid within 10 years.

The war in the Persian Gulf in 1991 led the American army to understanding of the need of collection of information collected using investigation, fight and observation from air for consolidation of data in a single platform for use by commanders. For the first time a system was put into operation still in the mid-nineties. New information collection facilities, such as unmanned aerial vehicles were its accompanying elements. Some soldiers using a system complained that she does not keep in line with technologies and is ineffective.

Palantir develops the systems of collecting and the data processings received from a battle field long ago. The company tested the first products in this area in 2012. In the 2015th military began to look for contractors to help to upgrade DCGS.

Palantir filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense for the fact that department did not consider the company as the contractor of the projects. The court supported the company.

Palantir signed a number of contracts with different government agencies, military units and municipal authorities for collecting of intelligence information. According to The Verge, in 2018 the company secretly tested the predictive software in New Orleans.^[1]

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