{
  "id": 6551399,
  "title": "Deep Read: Bundeswehr will Palantir-Alternative schon 2027 einführen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/deep-read-bundeswehr-will-palantir-alternative-schon-2027-einfuhren",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-10T05:55:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/verteidigung-bundeswehr-will-palantir-alternative-schon-2027-einfuehren/100247052.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Over the Baltic Sea, a swarm of sharp triangles forms. Half a meter long, they whiz past like mopeds, packed with explosives. Several Shahed drones, constructed for a one-time explosive attack, head towards German military bases. Their launch site: Kaliningrad, Russia. A Bundeswehr Pegasus plane hovering above the sea and an intelligence vehicle in Poland detect the attack. Together with other sensors on land, sea, and in space, they create a real-time situation picture. The drone swarm divides, but the defense is already underway: jamming signals disrupt the Shaheds' navigation, most crash, and the rest are taken down by air defense. It all happens automatically within minutes. One soldier merely issues the \"Go\" for a counterattack. \"This is the next big step in software-based defense,\" says Sven Heursch, the Digital Chief at Hensoldt, a sensor manufacturer testing their new product, MDOCore, in a dimly lit room in Fürstenfeldbruck. This Shahed scenario is only a simulation, but it's one Germany must prepare for. The crisis could come sooner than expected. That's why a lucrative defense tender in Germany is underway. The BWI, the IT department of the Bundeswehr, is evaluating software like MDOCore. According to contacts with officials, a first prototype will be ready soon. So, does this pave the way for an alternative to the controversial US giant Palantir?",
  "summary": "Derzeit testet die deutsche Armee Systeme von 30 Firmen, um Kampfdaten in Echtzeit zu verschmelzen. Eine mögliche Lösung kommt vom Sensorikspezialisten Hensoldt und dem KI-Start-up Helsing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Deep Read: How the Trump administration wants to change Europe from within",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/deep-read-wie-die-trump-regierung-europa-von-innen-heraus-verandern",
        "published": "2026-09-09T16:46:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}