Francia pondr\u00e1 a prueba su sistema de mando en el campo de batalla, impulsado por inteligencia artificial, con sus aliados durante un ejercicio de interoperabilidad de la OTAN, como alternativa al sistema inteligente Maven desarrollado por Palantir Technologies, seg\u00fan declar\u00f3 el general Patrick Justel, subjefe del Estado Mayor del Ej\u00e9rcito franc\u00e9s. El Ej\u00e9rcito franc\u00e9s ya ha probado el sistema, denominado Arcadia, en ejercicios como Dacian Fall en Rumania y Orion 26 en Francia. \u00abArcadia es nuestra respuesta a Maven\u00bb, afirm\u00f3 Justel. A\u00f1adi\u00f3 que el uso de Maven por parte de la OTAN plantea cuestiones de soberan\u00eda digital, \u00abpor lo que surge la pregunta de si debemos adoptar Maven a ciegas o si debemos buscar otras soluciones\u00bb.<\/p>\n
PARIS \u2014 France will test its artificial intelligence-powered battlefield command system with allies during a NATO interoperability exercise this month, as an alternative to the Maven Smart System developed by Palantir Technologies, said Gen. Patrick Justel, deputy chief of the French Army staff.<\/p>\n
The French have been developing the system with local companies including\u00a0Mistral AI<\/a>,\u00a0Safran.AI<\/a>,\u00a0Thales<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Airbus<\/a>, Justel said in a media briefing on Thursday. The French Army has already tested the system, dubbed Arcadia, in exercises including Dacian Fall in Romania and Orion 26 in France.<\/p>\n NATO military personnel\u00a0started training<\/a>\u00a0with Palantir\u2019s Maven Smart System in August 2025, the alliance\u2019s first use of AI-enabled command and control software. The platform is derived from the Pentagon\u2019s Project Maven and ties together massive amounts of battlefield data and AI analysis to help commanders identify targets and make decisions more quickly.<\/p>\n Arcadia \u201cis our response to Maven,\u201d said Justel. He said NATO\u2019s use of Maven raises issues of digital sovereignty, \u201cso the question arises whether should we adopt Maven blindly, or should we look for other solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n France\u2019s army, general staff and Defense Digital Commission \u201chave been working on what other solutions might look like,\u201d Justel said. France will deploy Arcadia during NATO\u2019s Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise, or CWIX, a live exercise held in Poland June 8-26.<\/p>\n Justel said several NATO countries including France have raised questions around interoperability with the Palantir system. The Army deputy chief of staff said Arcadia is designed to comply with NATO\u2019s\u00a0Federated Mission Networking<\/a>\u00a0standards, or FMN, and contrasted that with Maven, which he said hasn\u2019t integrated FMN requirements.<\/p>\n Palantir said Maven Smart System is \u201ccompliant with the principles of FMN\u201d and that it is working with NATO toward official certification, in an emailed response to a request for comment. The company added that the platform has proven compliance with two NATO data-security standards that are \u201ckey building blocks\u201d of FMN.<\/p>\n \u201cNATO Maven Smart System is compatible, and does allow interoperability, but of course nations are free to choose what systems they use,\u201d said Martin O\u2019Donnell, a spokesperson for Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, in an emailed reply to questions.<\/p>\n The Palantir system is already integrated with more than 10 NATO systems, according to U.S. Army Col. Arnel David, the director of Task Force Maven at SHAPE, who said his team is \u201cfocused on securing final certification across all FMN milestones,\u201d with the declaration of full operational capability imminent.<\/p>\n France plans to propose Arcadia to its European partners, with a number of countries expressing interest, and has organized demonstrations for NATO, which is also interested, the general said. \u201cWhen we talk to our European partners, we get the same reaction of, `well, we\u2019ve kind of gone with Maven because there\u2019s no choice, but if countries in Europe are able to build an alternative, we\u2019ll go for it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Palantir said it \u201cwelcomes the opportunity to integrate with Arcadia, or any other national system.\u201d<\/p>\n