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The Distributed Common Ground System has consistently failed to independent testing

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  Special Operations troops that go to war zones are requesting a commercial software analysis of intelligence they say will help them in their missions. Internet

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  Special Operations troops that go to war zones are requesting a commercial software analysis of intelligence they say will help them in their missions. Internet

Special Operations troops that go to war zones are requesting a commercial analysis software intelligence they say will help them in their missions. But their applications are stalled and is ordering them to use a favorite Pentagon flawed system, according to government records and interviewed.

During the last four months, six units of Army Special Operations that are about to be deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and other hostile environments have requested intelligence software manufactured by Palantir, a company in Silicon Valley that has synthesized information to the CIA, special operations force of the Navy and the largest banks country, inter-governmental and private entities.

But only two of the applications have been approved, both by the Army after members of Congress intervened with senior military leaders. Four other requests made through the Special Operations Command US Army at Fort Bragg, NC, have not been granted. The Army says its policy is to grant all requests for Palantir, while special operations officers said they are working requests case by case.

Emails and other miliary records obtained by The Associated Press show that officers of the Army and Special Operations Command have been pushing troops to use a system internally developed, built and maintained by traditional defense contractors. The Distributed Common Ground System, or DCGS, has consistently failed to independent testing and caused the anger of soldiers on the ground for poor performance.

“You literally have these old tired (bureaucrats) preventing the combatant in war for what you know works, “said Republican Representative Duncan Hunter, a combat veteran and member of the Armed Services Committee who wants to cut funding for the DCGS. “This is amazing.”

Another member of the commission, Democrat Jackie Speier said in a statement that the DCGS systems built for both the Army and for special operations troops, have failed the fighter and taxpayers. … It’s a shame that the Army did not provide the troops technology that works and is less expensive when lives are in the balance. “

Special Operations Units Palantir been used since 2009 to store and analyze intelligence information ranging from cultural to data paths bombings trends but always been seen by senior officials in the Pentagon as an interim solution until its internal system to function properly.

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