Into Palantir’s Warp Speed platform. This collaboration enables customers to identify and address supply chain vulnerabilities in real time by manufacturing critical parts on demand, leveraging AI-driven design, additive manufacturing, and robotic assembly.
In addition to this partnership, Palantir is involved in the Golden Dome missile defense initiative, a project spearheaded by the Trump administration. While Palantir is part of a team with SpaceX and Anduril to develop a satellite constellation for missile tracking and detection, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been reported as the frontrunner for building key components of the system.The Golden Dome project aims to create a network of satellites to detect, track, and potentially intercept incoming missiles, with an estimated cost of $175 billion and a proposed operational timeline by the end of Trump’s term in 2029
Although Palantir’s role in Golden Dome is focused on data integration and AI capabilities, the broader defense-tech ecosystem, including partnerships like the one with Divergent, is enhancing the industrial and manufacturing backbone of such large-scale initiatives.
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US senator seeks clarity from DoD on spectrum auction concerns
US Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington has sought clarification on potential national security implications that could arise if certain spectrum bands, crucial for defence operations, are put up for sale as part of a reconciliation bill.
In a letter addressed to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Senator Cantwell expressed concerns that auctioning off Pentagon-controlled wireless spectrums could jeopardise critical military initiatives including President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence shield.
The senator highlighted that compelling the sale of this military spectrum might also threaten the operational integrity of numerous military radar systems.
She raised concerns about repurposing of the lower 3GHz band for commercial use; losing access to the 4.4GHz band that is used for unmanned aerial systems; moving Navy radars out of the CBRS band; and effects on national security of losing access to spectrum in the 7–8GHz bands used for satellite communications.
Senator Cantwell said in the letter: Make no mistake, on today’s battlefield, if we lose the spectrum war, we lose the war. However, some in Congress now want to disrupt this work by auctioning off strategic portions of spectrum resources currently in use by our military to the highest bidder. This would be a grave error, placing short-term corporate gain ahead of our nation’s long-term security.
