Overview
- Ship OS will use Palantir software to unify planning, inventory, and operations data so builders and suppliers can optimize schedules, costs, and risk in real time.
- Initial deployment covers two major submarine builders, three public shipyards, and roughly 100 suppliers under the Maritime Industrial Base Program and NAVSEA oversight.
- Pilot outcomes cited by the Navy include cutting Electric Boat’s schedule planning from 160 hours to under 10 minutes and reducing Portsmouth material reviews from weeks to under an hour.
- Funding derives from the Reconciliation Act passed in July, and Palantir’s payments are contingent on documented productivity improvements such as faster part deliveries and increased throughput.
- Palantir leaders say the tools can provide 60–180 days of advance warning on supply bottlenecks, with early supplier metrics showing large cuts in planning days and task durations.