Latest news with #JointAll-Domain
Axios
12-03-2025
- Business
- Axios
Palantir's AI-fueled TITAN trucks are rolling into U.S. Army hands
The U.S. Army now has in hand a few Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Nodes, state-of-the-art trucks that promise to streamline the battlefield process of spotting, tracking and blasting. Why it matters: The program — years in the making, but also on time and budget — is critical to the Defense Department's connect-everything-everywhere dream of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control. It also supports two of the Army's biggest ambitions: deep sensing and long-range precision fires, or the ability to find, shoot and kill more accurately from farther away. Driving the news: Axios visited "Tower House" in Southern California to inspect a pair of TITANs that Palantir Technologies and its partners (including Anduril Industries, Northrop Grumman and L3Harris Technologies) are delivering. The package included one basic variant and one advanced variant. The former is built on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. The latter, on the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. TITAN consumes data from air, land and space and employs artificial intelligence to parse it, giving troops quicker, sharper insights. The latest: Palantir has now handed over three systems, with the first going to the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last year. Another delivery is slated for early summer. The company declined to confirm the location or purpose, citing Army guidance. TITAN has so far avoided typical Pentagon pitfalls like laggard timelines and drip-feed budgeting, according to Akash Jain, Palantir's president of U.S. government business. He spoke with reporters at the California factory. "This is, really, a live system that is going to continue to get better, and that is different for the Army and for this type of technology," he said. "It is very much a software-centric acquisition, where hardware has been built around the software." "At the end of the day," he added, "Palantir does not bend metal." Zoom out: The defense and intelligence communities are betting big on AI. More than 685 AI projects were underway at the Pentagon as of early 2021, according to a watchdog. (The Army led the pack with 232.) Before that, in 2018, an official strategy warned the tech would "transform every industry" and influence all facets of national security. The havoc caused by DeepSeek's arrival underlines how seriously Washington takes its rivalry with China. Catch up quick: Palantir this time last year beat RTX for the $178 million TITAN production contract. The Army pick followed a yearslong design and prototyping face-off. Palantir's win was seen as a major shakeup. There were certainly doubters: Could a software specialist really pump out hardened battlefield vehicles? RTX is the third-largest contractor in the world when ranked by defense-related revenue, according to Defense News. "As we came together, there's been a bit of learning from each other," said Aaron Dann, Northrop's vice president for payload and ground systems. "We can pull from where we do welding of space tanks and take a look at welds on TITAN and say, 'Hey, are we doing this, right?'" What's next: TITAN production will continue in California for the foreseeable future. Its place at Arsenal-1, Anduril's planned Ohio megafactory, is unclear. Should the Army go full steam ahead, it is expected to buy 100-150 units.
Zawya
20-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
GAL partners with CAE to enhance operator readiness through integrated simulation training solutions
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: During the second day of IDEX 2025, Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) announced a partnership with CAE, a global leading flight training provider, to develop tech-based simulation training solutions to improve mission readiness and enable operational success for defense forces. The partnership will see both parties cooperate to offer a range of defense sector clients with seamless and innovative learning and development solutions that span assets, operations, and programs. These solutions maximize the quality of live training, while simultaneously driving efficiency and mitigating costs. Bringing together two industry leaders for collaboration under this agreement will solve a common challenge that various armed forces face due to operational silos, standalone learning strategies and geographic disparity with a lack of interconnectivity. The solutions will provide Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) and Mission and Operations Support (M&OS) training via flexible scenarios using multiple and varied systems networked together across the ecosystem. Commenting on the partnership, Mahmood Alhay Alhameli, Chief Executive Officer at GAL said: 'Amalgamating classroom training, virtual reality, simulation, and live training together creates a first-of-its-kind solution in the Middle East. We are thrilled to be collaborating with CAE to offer these solutions and see this partnership as another strategic step in the dynamic transformation of aerospace training within the region. "Our agreement with Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) strengthens our mutual commitment to supporting our partners in the UAE and regionally, transforming the training and simulation landscape to enhance operator mission readiness,' said Marc-Olivier Sabourin, Division President, CAE Defense & Security, International. 'We look forward to working with GAL to leverage CAE's extensive expertise and innovative solutions to enhance local capabilities in support of joint synthetic training." Leveraging GAL's depth of expertise, the partnership with CAE will enable future scaling to offer specialized training to naval, air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. These offerings will further solidify GAL's positioning as a leading provider of integrated defense and aerospace solutions. About GAL Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) is a leading provider of integrated aerospace and defense services, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Established in 2007 and 100% UAE-owned, GAL is the core service provider for the UAE Ministry of Defense and hold several maintenance and service contracts across the region. With a team of over 5,000 employees from 71 nationalities, GAL offers a wide range of military-specific support services including maintenance, overhaul, and inspections to ensure the operator's assets are at peak mission readiness.
