In brief
The company says neither it nor the US government can remotely shut down its software, amid European concerns about dependence on American defence technology.
Palantir has assured European NATO partners that its software has no remote kill switch, UNIAN reported on October 23, citing Reuters. Louis Mosley, the company's executive vice-president for the UK and Europe, said customers retain full control of the software they buy.
Mosley said neither Palantir nor the US government could remotely shut down the system. UNIAN's report did not include an independent technical audit of that assurance.
NATO uses Palantir's Maven system to process satellite, radar and other sensor data for military commanders. According to UNIAN's account of Reuters' reporting, Germany and France have not adopted Maven in their own armed forces because of concerns about dependence on an American supplier.
The report linked heightened European concerns to restrictions on Ukrainian forces' access to Starlink services. It did not report any change in Germany's or France's position following Mosley's assurances.