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# Bundeswehr rules out Palantir for military cloud, tests three EU rivals
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-27-bundeswehr-declines-palantir-tests-alternatives/
- Published: 2026-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T12:00:25.000Z
- Description: Bundeswehr Cyber and Information Domain Service inspector Vice Admiral Thomas Daum told Handelsblatt Palantir is "not being considered at all" for the military's planned private cloud; Germany's Almato, Orcrist and ChapsVision face testing from summer 2026.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Handelsblatt, 27 April 2026](https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/software-palantir-fuer-die-bundeswehr-sehe-ich-momentan-ueberhaupt-nicht/100217143.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that a European vendor will win the eventual contract, due only after testing and a decision expected by the end of 2026.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Palantir ruled out but no vendor chosen; three EU rivals only entering testing. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-21\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)