Investors: U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA signed a $300M Blanket Purchase Agreement with Palantir to modernize farm services and strengthen food-supply security via the Landmark platform.
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Anduril's IDIQ ceiling for space domain awareness mesh networking doubles to $200M, extending the company's AI-powered infrastructure into orbital layers of next-gen integrated defense.
USDA Palantir $300M Farm Data Platform Deploys at Scale
USDA signed a $300M Blanket Purchase Agreement with Palantir to modernize farm services and food-supply security infrastructure via the Landmark platform, which processed $4.4B in aid within five days of launch.
Lockheed Martin doubles venture fund to $1B, signaling pipeline war
Lockheed Martin expanded its venture capital arm from $400M to $1B on April 14, 2026 — the largest increase in the fund's 19-year history — directly competing with pure-play defense VCs and the Pentagon for control of the commercial startup pipeline to programs of record.
Pentagon Locks Maven to Army, Sets Sept 30 Deadline for Program Status
Deputy SecDef Feinberg's March 9 directive to make Palantir's Maven Smart System an official DoD program of record is now confirmed across four combatant commands, with a Sept 30 hard deadline that experts call aggressive and a $10B Army backstop contract already in place.