Overview
- Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg ordered the designation in a March 9 memo, with the change slated to take effect by September, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters.
- Oversight will shift from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office within 30 days, and future contracts will run through the Army.
- Maven is a command-and-control platform that analyzes multi-source battlefield data to flag potential targets, and Reuters reports it is already the U.S. military’s primary AI operating system tied to recent strikes against Iran.
- Pentagon official Cameron Stanley recently demonstrated Maven’s targeting workflow and said tasks that once took hours now run far faster, while Palantir maintains humans approve all lethal decisions as UN experts warn of legal and ethical risks.
- Reuters previously reported Maven uses Anthropic’s Claude, which the Pentagon labeled a supply chain risk, and Benzinga said Palantir shares closed down over 3% at $150.68 on Friday.