Artificial intelligence is reshaping how the U.S. military makes decisions on the battlefield — and the Marine Corps just took a major step toward putting that technology in the hands of every service member. A new licensing agreement now gives all Marine Corps commands and organizations, including reserve units, full access to the Maven Smart System across any applicable network.
The Marine Corps announced the agreement, which took effect October 1, 2026, marking a significant expansion from the previous license that restricted Maven access to specific commands and only through a Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, or SIPRNet. Under that earlier arrangement, which began with an August 2025 rollout covering dozens of units, access was far more limited in both scope and connectivity.
The new agreement changes that picture considerably. As the service stated in its announcement,
“This enterprise licensing provides all assigned and attached personnel at any echelon within the specified commands the ability to gain MSS accounts within those domains they have authorized access.”
What Maven Does
Maven is an AI-powered software platform owned by the federal government and developed by Palantir. The system pulls together data from a wide range of sources — intelligence reports, drone video feeds, satellite imagery, maps, and more — to help commanders and analysts make faster, more informed decisions in real time. It is used across military branches and with allied forces.
The scale of Maven’s use is substantial. Defense Department officials say they used Maven to identify and strike more than 2,000 distinct targets in Iran during the first 96 hours of Operation Epic Fury. The system also processes roughly 6 million pages of text each day to support intelligence and operational workflows.
Growing Demand Within the Corps
Even before the October agreement, demand for Maven within the Marine Corps was clearly growing. Ahead of an August training summit, the service explained that approximately 5,500 Marines used the system in just a single month. The Corps also replaced its manual process for filing Situational Reports with a dedicated Maven application, streamlining a routine but critical administrative function.
To support the broader rollout, the Marine Corps is encouraging individual commands to designate an MSS implementation lead within their organization. Training materials are available through the secure website Intelink, and the service says a formal MSS Implementation Plan will be published separately.
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