Palantir has delivered two Edge computing mobile ground stations to the US Army.

As reported by CNBC and others, Palantir this month delivered two more prototype Targeting Access Node systems (TITANs) to the US Army.

The TITANs – intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) ground stations – are essentially trucks with a network center in the back. They combine data from space, high altitude, aerial, and terrestrial sensors with AI and machine learning software to provide targeting information for mission command and long-range precision fires.

Akash Jain, president and CTO of Palantir USG, called the agreement a “leapfrog moment” for the Army during an interview with CNBC.

Palantir won the $178 million contract in March 2024, beating out defense giant RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon) after a three-year design phase, to deliver 10 prototype TITANs – including five Advanced and five Basic variants – by 2026. After the prototypes are delivered the Army will decide whether to procure more – Defense News suggests more than 100 could be bought in the future.

The Basic variant is built onto a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, while the Advanced is on the larger family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.

The systems allow soldiers to make intelligence decisions without requiring the cloud, putting “all that power in the back of a truck,” Jain added.

The first prototype TITAN was delivered to the Multi-Domain Task Force at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington in August 2024.

The company is working with Northrop Grumman, Anduril Industries, L3Harris Technologies, Pacific Defense, SNC, Strategic Technology Consulting, and World Wide Technology on the TITAN project.

Palantir is primarily a software firm, but does offer some hardware-based solutions for the Edge. Its Skykit offering puts satellite-connected compute into a ruggedized case or backpack for soldiers on the move. The case also contains a drone for local information collection.