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Navy/USMC

Palantir, BlueForge Alliance Partner To Accelerate Warship Production

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025

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Palantir, BlueForge Alliance Partner To Accelerate Warship Production

Roll out of the Virginia-class submarine SSN 794 Montana at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division in 2020. Photo: HII

Palantir Technologies [PLTR] will use its Warp Speed digital data platform to help the Navy accelerate the production of warships in partnership with BlueForge Alliance (BFA), a non-profit focused on strengthening the defense industrial base. The Warp Speed for Warships effort is funded by the Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base program and builds on an existing partnership between Palantir and BFA. The Navy last fall awarded BFA more than $500 million to help with its industrial base program (Defense Daily, Sept.…

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