Maven Smart System
The Pentagon's AI targeting brain — Palantir-built software that fuses hundreds of intelligence feeds, uses computer vision and large language models to find and track targets, and runs the whole sensor-to-shooter loop. In the Iran war the US says it helped strike ~1,000 targets in a day.
CSIS describes Maven Smart System as Palantir-integrated software that consumes target-recognition and other data feeds from the broader Project Maven programme; the Marine Corps also uses its ODIN application for structured operational reporting, equipment readiness and logistics posture.
Overview
The Maven Smart System (MSS) is a Palantir-integrated military software platform that consumes automated target-recognition and other data feeds, according to CSIS. CSIS distinguishes MSS from Project Maven, the broader government programme established in 2017; that date does not establish when MSS itself was first built or used. The Marine Corps' September 2025 licensing directive called MSS a “Joint Program of Record.” Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg's 9 March 2026 memorandum subsequently directed a department-wide formal programme-of-record transition before the end of FY2026, with provisions for timeline adjustments where transition work would impair capability delivery. More than 100,000 personnel used MSS by 22 September 2026, Deputy Undersecretary James Mazol said, DefenseScoop reported.
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