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Palantir: Armed Forces

Asked by Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 23 March 2026UIN 120127

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date did the partnership between Palantir and the UK armed forces start.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The Ministry of Defence’s relationship with Palantir Technologies has developed over the last decade. The first formal Enterprise Agreement between Defence and Palantir was signed in November 2022 under the previous government following earlier operational use of Palantir software within Defence.

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