The Navy needs to increase submarine production from ~13M to 70M labor hours (5x) to replace Ohio class with Columbia and maintain Virginia class, requiring a fundamental restructuring of t…

Virginia and Columbia class submarines will serve as motherships controlling networks of underwater drones, extending sensor reach and weapons payloads while keeping humans in the loop. Thi…

Traditional automation fails for submarine manufacturing (high mix, low volume, extreme precision). Software-defined flexible manufacturing systems achieve automotive-level productivity wit…