Germany's Military Picks Three Firms for Secure Cloud and AI Project
Berlin. Vice Admiral Thomas Daum, head of Germany's Cyber and Information Domain Command, has ruled out the use of Palantir for the time being.
"I currently see no possibility of this at all," he told Handelsblatt in its Wednesday edition. According to Daum, Palantir fails to meet certain German military requirements. "While we are very interested in the software's functionality for our own data, the idea of granting industry employees access to national data assets is simply unthinkable right now."
Palantir expressed disappointment in response to a Handelsblatt inquiry. "Our customers can install and use Palantir software without our staff needing to be on-site," a company spokesperson said.
According to Handelsblatt sources, the Bundeswehr has selected two German and one French provider: Stuttgart-based Almato, a subsidiary of German IT firm Datagroup, as well as software from Berlin startup Orcrist and Paris-based Chapsvision, often dubbed the "French Palantir." Their solutions are set to undergo testing this summer, with a contract expected to be awarded by year's end. The project is a cornerstone of the Bundeswehr's plans to establish its own secure private cloud for data processing and AI applications over the coming years. A key component will be software capable of integrating information from multiple databases.
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