I got this in my ACM news yesterday. Palintir won a contract to develop a battlefield intelligence system, being the first non-defense contractor to do so. According to the article, they are liked in the national security circles, but then I also saw this:

The Army’s decision to go with Palantir, which was co-founded by Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor and sometimes adviser to President Trump, brings to a close the latest chapter in a fierce competition.