Palantir tells NATO it has no kill switch for Maven AI system

Palantir wants NATO to know one thing about its Maven AI system: nobody in America can turn it off. On October 22, 2026, Palantir executive Louis Mosley told European allies that the company cannot remotely disable NATO’s Maven Smart System. That platform processes battlefield data for NATO’s headquarters. “There are no kill switches. There’s no ability for Palantir or the US government to reach in and switch it off.” Mosley, Palantir’s executive vice president for the UK and Europe, said NATO keeps full operational control of the system. What Maven does and how NATO got it Maven pulls in data from many different sources and stitches it together into a single picture. The goal is better and quicker military decision-making on the battlefield. NATO finalized its purchase of the Maven Smart System in March 2025. The procurement process took six months, which by defense-buying standards is close to a sprint. NATO awarded a €480 million tender for the system to boost its battlefield data processing. The platform reached what NATO calls “full technical operational capability” in June 2026. Why Europe is asking about kill switches at all Recent disruptions to Starlink and Starshield serv...