US Navy, Palantir Partner to Build AI Submarine

The U.S. Navy has partnered with AI firm Palantir on a $448 million effort to advance computational intelligence and machine automation throughout submarine production. This partnership aims to transform shipyard workflows using sophisticated analytics and prediction tools. Maritime Industrial Base Program leaders alongside Naval Sea Systems Command will direct the Shipbuilding Operating System initiative.

The software will consolidate inputs from planning applications, historical records and operational reporting to reveal production slowdowns, enhance design processes and enable preventive problem-solving.

Submarine manufacturers, submarine maintenance yards and essential parts providers will get first access, with warship initiatives adopting similar approaches after the approach’s effectiveness is ascertained. Military maritime officials project that the Palantir partnership will yield substantial financial returns by shortening build cycles, preventing disruptions and raising throughput.

Though the dollar commitment seems large, anticipated efficiency dividends should justify expenditure while building stronger manufacturing foundations, they believe. Secretary Phelan emphasized during the announcement that this funding gives builders necessary resources for upgrading facilities and satisfying national security demands.

Widespread adoption of computational tools across manufacturers will tighten production schedules, boost capacity and cut operational costs, he observed while appearing with Palantir CEO Alex Karp at the Rapid Capabilities Office’s first industry gathering.

Technology investor Peter Thiel co-established Palantir, which provides core commercial applications built from $2.5 billion in earlier commercial-sector computational and information architecture investments. Leveraging existing platforms will allow naval planners to emphasize connecting current yard infrastructure instead of creating systems from nothing. Additionally, the software functions by unifying disparate information streams without replacing what builders currently use.

Production facilities can keep operating with familiar applications as new overlays combine their outputs into holistic performance dashboards. Future computational additions may be integrated if they align with military network protection and technical interoperability mandates.

Trials earlier this year at General Dynamics Electric Boat and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard yielded notable advancement in planning cycles and materials evaluation workflows.

Positive results prompted full implementation, and agreements were swiftly finalized. Naval administrators are now assembling priority rankings of approximately 100 vital suppliers nationwide for early adoption waves. Enhanced shipbuilding and repair comes from continuous operational visibility combined with anticipatory modeling spanning fabrication, supply networks and servicing timetables.

Mathematical systems can spot emerging constraints weeks ahead, enabling quick leadership responses that traditionally demanded months of cross-organizational alignment. Better manufacturing performance then feeds directly into force availability by meeting vessel delivery commitments.

Parallel to this, broader defense forces are embracing computational intelligence more aggressively. Secretary Hegseth revealed that department staff obtained access to GenAI.mil, a secured computational platform adapted from commercial Google technology for governmental applications.

Uniformed personnel, civilian workers and support contractors are expected to employ it for managing information that requires protection but lacks classification status. Submarine programs typically launch first given their acute timeline and production volume requirements. Gradual incorporation across additional builders and component sources proceeds through structured phases reaching into 2026, working toward a maritime production ecosystem where computational assistance becomes standard operating procedure.

This collaboration gives many other tech firms like D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) encouragement that as their innovations prove their worth in the field, there may be no shortage of governmental and non-governmental clients lining up to use these novel technologies.

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