Overview
- The Navy formally stood up a Rapid Capabilities Office intended to accelerate delivery of critical systems by cutting bureaucratic delays.
- Secretary John Phelan said the initiative aims to disrupt inertia in the acquisition system and hold leaders accountable for faster results.
- Vice Adm. Seiko Okano was named director of the office and emphasized that direct reporting to the secretary signals elevated priority.
- The service announced a developing partnership with Palantir on ShipOS, an AI-enabled operating system to support real-time planning, logistics links across suppliers, and increased visibility into schedule, cost, and risk.
- Palantir’s Mike Gallagher said a shipyard planning task dropped from 160 hours to 10 minutes using the technology, a vendor-reported claim that officials framed as indicative of potential time savings.