#shipbuilding

#shipbuilding

The Navy is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an artificial intelligence system that it says has sped up key shipbuilding processes. In one case, the AI cut painstaking processes of submarine schedule planning - mapping out how the many pieces of construction fit together and making sure people, parts, and yard space are available at the right time - from many hours to only minutes.

Convincing workers to spend their days welding at a shipyard, when they could earn a similar amount of money working behind the counter of an air-conditioned Buc-ee's, is one of the biggest obstacles to reviving the country's lagging $37 billion shipbuilding industry. At least that's the theory of U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan, who, during his confirmation hearing in February, said he was handed down a mandate of " shipbuilding, shipbuilding, shipbuilding " by President Donald Trump.

China, having long been the world's largest shipbuilding force, is reinforcing its dominance with a merger that will create a massive industrial entity.

"The Solano Shipyard is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restore America's maritime leadership, revitalize our county's shipbuilding heritage, and bring tens of thousands of good jobs to the area."