The U.S. Army awarded a Palantir Technologies subsidiary $48.1 million to develop ammunition-management software that will consolidate nine legacy platforms. Development is set to take 12 months, followed by five years of support.
The Army says the software will use commercial low-code/no-code technology and let soldiers track munitions throughout their lifecycle, from planning and production to procurement, storage, surveillance, distribution, expenditure and final disposition.
A March article in the Army’s Line of Departure journal cited inaccurate forecasts and disconnected systems: lower-level estimates often rely on assumptions and past trends, while training-schedule changes may not update ammunition processes in real time. Palantir won after a six-week, three-phase selection that assessed data integration, forecasting and use in disconnected or low-bandwidth conditions.
