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> The firm holds a €16.5 million contract signed in 2023 with the Armed Forces Intelligence Center (CIFAS), which is scheduled to expire this upcoming November.
by bpodgursky 4mo ago
> The firm holds a €16.5 million contract signed in 2023 with the Armed Forces Intelligence Center (CIFAS), which is scheduled to expire this upcoming November.
> Military leadership, including the Chiefs of Staff of the Army and Navy, has lobbied Defense Minister Margarita Robles to renew the contract, citing the platform's operational superiority.
Palantir wins contracts because they are better at what they do. If Europe wants to maintain digital sovereignty while not being left behind they need to have a heart-to-heart conversation about how to fix that.
- psoebasura 4mo ago[flagged]
- bpodgursky 4mo agoYour argument is that the Spanish military is run by the mafia?
- trosdesoca 4mo agoWell not hard to see. PSOE is a criminal organization and they happen to lead the government and as a consequence the military.
- bpodgursky 4mo agoYou have this backwards then, the chiefs of staff of the military are career roles, they are petitioning the minister of defense, which is a political position (PSOE), to keep Palantir.
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- 8note 4mo agoclearly not better if they cant win a spanish contract?
- bpodgursky 4mo ago? They won the contract, the military wants to keep it, the politicians are threatening to blanket kill all palantir contracts.