Systems › Maven Smart System
Maven Smart System
Reconnaissance/surveillance (ISR) · Palantir Technologies. Facts from open sources (OSINT), each linked to its post or document; translated from Russian by a language model.
Class and role
| Parameter | Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Function | Reconnaissance/surveillance (ISR) | ×1 | catalogue |
| Function | Command and control (C2) | ×1 | catalogue |
| Role | Support | ×1 | catalogue |
| Environment | Information (software/network) | ×1 | catalogue |
Manufacturer and country
| Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Palantir Technologies | ×6 | catalogue, @barantchik, @yigal_levin +3 |
Specifications
| Parameter | Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| integration_hub | Amazon cloud hub in Stockholm | ×2 | @mil_hub, @payloadUAV |
| software_update_cycle | several days in the NATO Secret segment | ×2 | @mil_hub, @payloadUAV |
| Cost | 275 million dollars for 2022, including 28 million for Ukraine | ×1 | catalogue |
| adoption | only the Marine Corps pays for the system with its own money | ×1 | catalogue |
| contributors | over 50 companies | ×1 | catalogue |
| data_streams | 179 live data feeds (CENTCOM, 2024); a billion accumulated AI detections | ×1 | catalogue |
| data_streams | more than 150 data feeds | ×1 | catalogue |
| deployment | over 130 sites on four continents, 141 exercises in two years | ×1 | catalogue |
| description | A platform combining on a single map AI object recognition (yellow box), SIGINT data (box turns blue on dual confirmation) and geotagged TikTok videos | ×1 | catalogue |
| description | AI-developed 'kill chain' system | ×1 | @infantmilitario |
| feature | On the unified digital operational map, the territories of Crimea, the LPR, the DPR, and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions are shown within a single red outline and included as part of the Russian Federation | ×1 | @poisk_mil |
| first_seen | application filed in late May 2019, used on the night of the raid five months later | ×1 | catalogue |
| function | big data analysis and AI-driven target search in the US Army | ×1 | @yigal_levin |
| headcount | about 25,000 users | ×1 | catalogue |
| launch_year | 2017 | ×1 | @kcpn2014 |
| leadership | founding father Drew Cukor; General Christopher Donahue | ×1 | catalogue |
| operator | Pentagon | ×1 | @barantchik |
| origin | built by Palantir on the basis of Project Maven | ×1 | catalogue |
| origin | USA | ×1 | catalogue |
| performance | LLMs sped up targeting fivefold — up to 5000 targets per day (versus 1000 with computer vision) | ×1 | catalogue |
| primary_function | computer vision for sorting drone video, target identification, battlefield decision support | ×1 | @kcpn2014 |
| status | since November 2023 — an officially funded program of record | ×1 | catalogue |
| targets_per_day_baseline | fewer than 100 targets/day | ×1 | @kcpn2014 |
| targets_per_day_with_ai | up to 1000 targets/day | ×1 | @kcpn2014 |
| targets_per_day_with_llm | up to 5000 targets/day | ×1 | @kcpn2014 |
| users | more than 100 thousand (up from ~50 thousand since January) | ×1 | @aiobor |
×N – how many different sources (channels, sites or documents) give this value; ×1 means one.
Autonomy and connectivity
| Parameter | Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy | Semi-autonomous (human-on-the-loop) | ×1 | catalogue |
| Onboard AI | Automatic target recognition/selection | ×1 | catalogue |
| Onboard AI | Automatic target tracking | ×1 | catalogue |
| Networking | Networked (data exchange) | ×1 | catalogue |
Components and technologies
| Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|
| AI (artificial intelligence) | ×1 | @infantmilitario |
| signals intelligence (SIGINT) system | ×1 | catalogue |
| synthetic aperture radar | ×1 | catalogue |
| machine vision | ×1 | catalogue |
| LLM (large language models) | ×1 | catalogue |
| SafranAI | ×3 | @poisk_mil, @mil_hub, @payloadUAV |
| MOSAIC UXS | ×3 | @poisk_mil, @mil_hub, @payloadUAV |
| dominAI | ×3 | @poisk_mil, @mil_hub, @payloadUAV |
| Project Maven | ×1 | catalogue |
| AI targeting | ×1 | catalogue |
| ATR (automatic target recognition) | ×1 | catalogue |
| AI Arsenal | ×1 | @aiobor |
Maturity
| Parameter | Value | Sources | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | TRL 9 | ×1 | catalogue |
The daily digest in English: drones, counter-drone systems, missiles, space and military AI, with claims linked to their source posts – by email around 08:00 UTC, free.
Confirmation link first · one-click unsubscribe
Privacy
What we keep: your email address, its status (awaiting confirmation, confirmed, unsubscribed), when you subscribed, when we sent the confirmation link, when you confirmed or unsubscribed, and which form you used. No tracking pixels, no link tracking, no profiles.
Why: only to send the emails you asked for. The basis is your consent, given when you click the confirmation link; you can withdraw it at any time.
Where: in a database on our server in Google Cloud. Emails are sent by Resend (USA), which receives your address only to deliver them. We do not sell or pass your address to anyone else.
Stopping and deleting: the unsubscribe link in every email stops mail at once; we keep a note that the address unsubscribed, so it is not added back. To erase it completely, write to hello@asymmetria.tech.