France and Germany are shifting toward sovereign defense software, testing France’s Arcadia system as an alternative to Palantir’s Maven and raising competitive pressure on US contractors.

A top NATO commander said recently there was no real European alternative.

Macron and Merz signed a joint declaration to develop a "European sovereign digital backbone" for defence. France's Arcadia is named as the starting point.

France and Germany are shifting toward sovereign defense software, testing France’s Arcadia system as an alternative to Palantir’s Maven and raising competitive pressure on US…

Francia e Germania hanno annunciato un'iniziativa congiunta per valutare lo sviluppo di un'infrastruttura digitale militare europea alternativa ai software di Palantir. L'accordo…

Germany’s defense minister is preparing to visit Washington and Texas in September after an attempted Pentagon meeting fell through in May.