Close Menu
Firearms Forever
  • Home
  • Hunting
  • Guns
  • Defense
  • Videos
Trending Now

Air Force Conducting Service-Wide Inspections of Sig Sauer M18 Pistol After Airman’s Death

August 2, 2025

Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report

August 2, 2025

The Army’s giant data deal with Palantir is a harbinger: service CIO

August 1, 2025
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Firearms Forever
SUBSCRIBE
  • Home
  • Hunting
  • Guns
  • Defense
  • Videos
Firearms Forever
Home»Defense»The Army’s giant data deal with Palantir is a harbinger: service CIO
Defense

The Army’s giant data deal with Palantir is a harbinger: service CIO

Tim HuntBy Tim HuntAugust 1, 20253 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
The Army’s giant data deal with Palantir is a harbinger: service CIO

The Army collapsed 75 data and software contracts into one deal potentially worth $10 billion—a deal won by Palantir—and it’s just the beginning of how the service wants to buy software.

“This is going to be one of many enterprise licensing agreements that we’re looking at entering into,” Army CIO Leonel Garciga told reporters. 

The goal is to reduce costs, while making it easier to buy software and getting the functions the service needs “on demand.”

“We have a lot of big software packages that are out there. They’ve been bought over several years, several program offices, several commands [and] not getting a lot of parity across the board on how they’re being delivered. Adding a lot of complexities,” Garciga said. “But our intent is to continue to move down this path, to really focus on reducing that complexity, adding agility to how we buy….[and] save taxpayer dollars as much as we can.”

The contract announced late Thursday has a $10 billion cap with a 10-year performance period and allows the Army and, potentially, other Defense Department agencies, to buy Palantir products, including AI tools and data analytics. It also deepens the company’s already close relationship with the Army and Pentagon. 

“We’ve got a plethora of Palantir employment inside the Army—everything from Army intel data platform to Vantage to much smaller projects…that we’re paying for that we would be using this vehicle to also procure,” Garciga said. 

The Army is working with other vendors on similar contracts, he said.

The service has been working to simplify its IT contracts and streamline how it buys software in recent years. But the Palantir award and new approach comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for new software acquisition practices earlier this year. 

“We have been working on this since November of last year, and I think that there was just an inherent understanding, you know, almost two years ago now, that we needed to start moving in this direction with a handful of our vendors,” Garciga said. 

Still, he said, the secretary’s memo has been a “catalyst” for some “commercial partners to rethink the way that they integrate and work with us in the government, and what our contractual agreements are going to look like moving forward.” 

Danielle Moyer, the executive director at Army Contracting Command, said it’s part of a “common-sense” effort to make sure the Army doesn’t have duplicative contracts.

“If I have more than one contract with the same vendor, have I bought the same thing more than once in a different way or at a different price?” Moyer said. 

The effort, which starts with this giant award to Palantir, is to “make sure we’re getting the best discount.”



Read the full article here

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Telegram Reddit Email
Previous ArticleNavy Leader Confirmed by Senate After Half-Year Vacancy
Next Article Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report

Related Posts

Air Force Conducting Service-Wide Inspections of Sig Sauer M18 Pistol After Airman’s Death

August 2, 2025

Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report

August 2, 2025

Navy Leader Confirmed by Senate After Half-Year Vacancy

August 1, 2025

The D Brief: ‘Automation everywhere’; Ukraine-aid support grows; Guard request, rebuffed; Missing-sailor mystery; And a bit more.

August 1, 2025

How Walking Backward Can Enhance Your Overall Fitness

August 1, 2025

How to write a defense strategy that sticks

August 1, 2025
Don't Miss

Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report

By Tim HuntAugust 2, 2025

President Donald Trump ordered the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Friday following…

The Army’s giant data deal with Palantir is a harbinger: service CIO

August 1, 2025

Navy Leader Confirmed by Senate After Half-Year Vacancy

August 1, 2025

The D Brief: ‘Automation everywhere’; Ukraine-aid support grows; Guard request, rebuffed; Missing-sailor mystery; And a bit more.

August 1, 2025

Subscribe to Updates

Get the latest firearms news and updates directly to your inbox.

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Contact
© 2025 Firearms Forever. All Rights Reserved.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.