Agriculture Department kicks off $300M Palantir deal on IT, national security work

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has tapped Palantir for IT modernization and other digital work as part of a $300 million Blanket Purchase Agreement that continues the data analytics and software giant’s bonanza of business under the Trump administration. The first task order under the BPA, announced this morning, formalizes USDA’s work with Palantir — specifically the agency’s National Farm Security Action Plan and its “One Farmer, One File” initiative. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins previewed the launch of a “single, streamlined record that follows the farmer” during a February event in San Antonio, but the new task order makes it official.

The Federal Aviation Administration is making progress on its goals tied to the modernization of the systems powering air traffic control and the National Airspace System, according to Administrator Bryan Bedford and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The Department of Transportation officials were two of the speakers that gave updates on the initiative during the agency’s Modern Skies Summit at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

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