Palantir Technologies Inc. is delivering mobile battle stations to the US Army as part of its $178 million Titan contract — a milestone for the data analysis giant in its work with the military, and a signal of software’s growing importance in modern warfare. The product, developed with subcontractors including Anduril Industries Inc. and Northrop Grumman Corp., looks from the outside like a rugged military truck. Inside, it has the feel of a work space, complete with flip-down desks, multiple screens and servers. Palantir’s development of Titan, which stands for Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node, is the first time a software company has worked as a prime defense contractor. The core of the system is Palantir’s artificial intelligence and analysis tech, which gathers data from third-party sensors and systems, including satellites. The tools then distill the information, giving soldiers more awareness of their surroundings and helping them hit targets faster and more accurately. The trucks function as “the metal around the software brain,” said Akash Jain, Palantir’s president of US government business. “That’s truly the core thesis the Army was trying to prove out.”

Full report : Palantir delivers first 2 next-gen targeting systems called Titan to United States Army.