Texas-based non-profit BlueForge Alliance and technology company Palantir today announced a new program, funded through the Navy's recently established Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) program office, intended to accelerate warship production and fleet readiness.
Labeled “Warp Speed for Warships,” the program will utilize Palantir’s “Foundry” enterprise operating system -- software that integrates data and decision-making tools -- to facilitate greater collaboration across the maritime industrial base, the announcement states.
“Powered by Palantir’s proven Warp Speed manufacturing operating system, Warp Speed for Warships is designed to accelerate shipbuilding modernization and readiness by digitally taking the first steps to better connect the network of shipbuilders, suppliers and critical partners responsible for building and sustaining the Navy’s fleet,” the notice continues.
The Navy has already tapped BlueForge to run a variety of initiatives aimed at strengthening the submarine industrial base, including advertising campaigns and the recruiting website buildsubmarines.com. Founded in 2022, the non-profit organization has received over $1 billion in government funding for these efforts to date.
“Our strategic partnership with Palantir is about moving with urgency and precision -- equipping America’s industrial base with the tools it needs to meet unprecedented demand,” said Kiley Wren, BlueForge co-chief executive officer, in a statement included in the release. “With the Warp Speed for Warships program, together with our nation’s shipbuilders and suppliers, we’re helping the Navy deliver the modern digital infrastructure required to scale production, drive resilience and ensure our nation’s shipbuilding enterprise is prepared for what lies ahead.”
The Navy established its MIB program office in September to improve production and sustainment in both the surface and undersea fleets via targeted industrial base investments. In February, the service appointed former program executive officer for strategic submarines Matt Sermon to lead the office.