Palantir says it cannot remotely disable NATO’s Maven AI

Palantir executive Louis Mosley said the company and the U.S. government cannot remotely disable NATO’s Maven military AI system, asserting that customers retain operational control of the software. His remarks follow disruptions to Ukrainian satellite services that have renewed European concerns about reliance on U.S. defense technology. Mosley, Palantir’s executive vice president for the UK and Europe, made the statement in an interview in Brussels. He said customers decide whether Palantir employees help operate Maven. If they do, he said, those employees are citizens of the customer’s country and hold the required security clearances. Maven processes information from satellites, radar and other sensors to give military officers a battlefield picture and support faster decisions. NATO acquired the platform for its Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in 2025 and declared it fully technically operational in June 2026. The assurance comes after reports that access to Starshield, a military satellite service operated by SpaceX using the Starlink network, was restricted in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said terminals on fast-moving platforms stopped working, hampering tasks...