Different deployments of Palantir Foundry exist in the US gov't/military and do provide real data science/analytics value.

> After reading the article, are they looking for cheap tech labor. Is that because no one in tech wants to join the military due to pay ?

Cyber in the military has abysmal retention because of the pay. You can get an immediate ~$50k pay raise doing the same work as soon as you leave the military.