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ROBOTIC WELDING entire team can complete.

Every additional welder matters. But the broader objective is increasing completed vessels, and that requires expanding productive capacity alongside the workforce. The signi? cance

WHERE extends well beyond any individual technology deployment.

Increasing welding throughput, shortening production sched-

NOTHING ules, enabling more distributed manufacturing and strength-

DRIFTS ening resilience across the defense industrial base all contrib- ute to expanding national shipbuilding capacity.

READY MATERIALS,

RELIABLE TIMING

Building the U.S Maritime Industrial Base

America Needs

America's maritime future depends on sustained investment in people, facilities and manufacturing technologies that allow all of the above to work more e? ectively together.

Workforce development will always remain foundational, and no technology replaces the craftsmanship and experience

Hold course that skilled shipbuilders bring to every vessel. But expand- from start to finish ing the workforce alone will not close today's production gap with coordinated quickly enough.

Physical AI represents one of the most promising tools for logistics and dependable increasing industrial capacity. The shipyards making those in- supply that keep your vestments today are positioning themselves to deliver more project moving.

vessels, strengthen the defense industrial base and improve

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