HII, C3 AI Partner to Accelerate US Navy Shipbuilding

HII, America's largest military shipbuilder, and C3 AI have formed a strategic partnership to expand the use of artificial intelligence across HII’s Newport News and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions. This collaboration builds on a successful six-month initial deployment of C3 AI's Agentic AI Platform, which demonstrated significant improvements in scheduling and production efficiency. The partnership aims to optimize planning, operations, supply chain management, and labor allocation to accelerate shipbuilding throughput and support the U.S. Navy’s fleet readiness. Additionally, the collaboration will explore applications in uncrewed vehicle production and sustainment, marking a significant advancement in modernizing America’s defense industrial base. Executives from both companies highlighted the potential of AI to dynamically optimize workflow priorities and improve the overall efficiency of complex warship construction. This initiative underscores the commitment to maintaining U.S. maritime industrial dominance through next-generation digital technologies.