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UK Ministry of Defence

Palantir UK defence client

Tracked because Palantir UK defence client · 28 documented connections

Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

UK defence ministry. Part of the UK government's adoption of Palantir across civilian (NHS) and military domains. The UK MoD's Palantir relationship parallels the US DoD's enterprise agreement, building a transatlantic Palantir dependency across NATO's two largest members.

Facts on record50

Connections mapped28

Sources cited7

✦ Thin coverage gap +73 connected to 28 entities · only 50 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research

Evidence: 1P 19S+11 30I+22

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Stated vs Revealed

No documented contradictions on file.

[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]

Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.

0Money Chains

0Traced Hops

Connected Officials

Morgan McGarvey U.S. House · international comparison

Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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Connection Map

Key Connections

← UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement instrument

treaty partner

The UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement is a bilateral treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States, administered by the UK Ministry of Defence.

← Lord King person

former_leadership

Lord King served as Secretary of State for Defence (1989-1992), leading the UK Ministry of Defence.

← Malcolm Rifkind person

government service

Malcolm Rifkind served as UK Secretary of State for Defence from 1992 to 1995.

← Archie Norman person

Former employment

Archie Norman served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence from 1994 to 1997 during John Major's government.

← UK National Cyber Security Centre institution

interagency_cooperation

NCSC collaborates with the Ministry of Defence on national cybersecurity strategy and defense against cyber threats.

← Alex Karp person

Testimony/Parliamentary Witness

Alex Karp testified before the UK Parliament's Defence Committee regarding Palantir's work with the Ministry of Defence and NHS.

→ Palantir Technologies UK Ltd. company

subsidiary

Palantir Technologies UK Ltd (company number 11413674) is the UK subsidiary that would book revenue from the UK MoD contract and file corresponding revenue figures at Companies House.

→ Companies House institution

regulatory_filing

Palantir Technologies UK Ltd is required to file revenue figures at Companies House for the fiscal year ending 2025, which would confirm whether the UK MoD contract value was booked in the UK subsidiary account.

Facts (50)

Data Freshness

Ageing Last update: 161d ago · Avg age: 203d

Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing

✓ Verified Findings (27)

Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.

⚠ flagged by Gemini Primary Sourcew·40 UK Ministry of Defence signed a direct award contract with Palantir worth £240 million in December 2025

Date: 2025-12-01 Added: 13 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: UK Parliament Early Day Motion 65235

⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 The Defence and Security Accelerator's Section 26 exemption authority enables rapid government technology acquisition outside standard procurement regulations, potentially accelerating dependency accumulation without corresponding transparency increases

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

✓ verified AI Inference Parliamentary oversight of UK MoD technology dependencies may be systematically constrained by the same treaty-based exemptions that limit procurement transparency, creating compounded accountability barriers

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

AI Inference The combination of Crown Commercial Service framework exemptions and Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty provisions creates documented legal pathways that enable technology procurement while avoiding standard disclosure requirements across multiple jurisdictions

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

✓ verified AI Inference UK MoD technology procurement strategy appears designed to minimize transparency requirements across multiple jurisdictions while maintaining plausible legal compliance, as evidenced by systematic absence from standard procurement databases despite confirmed technology relationships

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

✓ verified AI Inference The combination of CCS framework exemptions, DASA innovation funding authorities, and Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty provisions creates layered procurement pathways that may enable significant government technology dependencies while maintaining technical compliance with disclosure requirements

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 Crown Commercial Service framework agreements create a documented legal mechanism for UK government departments to procure multi-million pound technology services without individual contract publication, representing a systematic transparency gap in government procurement oversight

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

✓ verified AI Inference The systematic absence of UK MoD records in US federal databases, combined with documented CCS framework procurement capabilities, suggests a deliberate strategy to minimize transparency while maintaining legal compliance across jurisdictions

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 BAE Systems Inc.'s 2023 Ball Aerospace acquisition required managing potential conflicts between US subsidiary government relations activities and UK parent company strategic interests during CFIUS review, but coordination protocols remain undisclosed

Date: 2023-06-15 Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 The Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty's classified approved community membership prevents public verification of coordination mechanisms between UK defense contractors' US subsidiaries and UK government interests, creating an accountability gap in both jurisdictions

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

✓ verified AI Inference The Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty's 'approved community' status may create regulatory exemptions for certain coordination activities between UK defense contractors and their US subsidiaries that would otherwise require disclosure under standard corporate governance requirements

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 Neither BAE Systems Inc. nor Rolls-Royce North America's SEC filings describe specific protocols for managing potential conflicts when US subsidiary government relations positions might diverge from UK parent company strategic interests

Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 BAE Systems Inc.'s 2023 Ball Aerospace acquisition required CFIUS review while maintaining separate government relations operations from BAE Systems plc, but no public documentation describes how coordination protocols were managed during this sensitive national security review process

Date: 2023-06-15 Added: 09 Apr 2026 AI ANALYSIS

⚠ flagged by Gemini AI Inferencew·40 Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud framework procurement specifically exempts technology service contracts from individual publication requirements, creating a documented pathway for government departments to acquire data analytics services without contract-level transparency