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US Navy Releases Strategy for Using Data and Artificial Intelligence in Operations
The US Navy this week released a strategy document for integrating data and artificial intelligence across operations. Developed over more than a year, the plan targets six core areas to build an AI-first fleet.
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The US Navy released a strategy document this week for weaponizing data and artificial intelligence across naval operations. The document was developed after more than a year of work and focuses on six core areas. These include accelerating AI use by selecting projects for full-scale implementation, streamlining data gathering and interpretation for sailors, upgrading hardware to support the capabilities, optimizing organizational processes to expand personnel input, forming partnerships with industry and allies, and recruiting personnel with data and AI skills while preparing the workforce for rapid technological change.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao stated that the strategy positions the Department of the Navy to out-learn and out-fight any adversary by rapidly deploying data and artificial intelligence. An existing AI program has already reduced a 160-hour submarine-planning job to 10 minutes.
The US Department of Defense AI program recorded 1.5 million daily users last month, up from 80,000 in December 2025.
The Navy's AI strategy aligns with broader US military strategies for using these technologies.
