A Newport News Shipbuilding executive said “nearly half” of the companies in the supply chain that provide long-lead time materials for aircraft carriers are at risk of "going cold.”
"Each of your crafts -- electrical, pipefitting, pipe-welding, painting, your riggers… still require some human touch," Kastner told me. "Digital tools… free the craftsman up a bit to not do the grunt work."
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.