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HII and C3 AI Forge Strategic Artificial Intelligence Partnership to Support US Navy Shipbuilding

1. HII partners with C3 AI to enhance shipbuilding through AI technologies. 2. AI integration will optimize planning, operations, and supply chain processes. 3. Initial AI deployment at Ingalls Shipbuilding showed improved scheduling performance. 4. The partnership aims to strengthen U.S. naval capabilities through innovation. 5. Focus on uncrewed vehicle production and sustainment is included.

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Why Bullish?

Strategic partnerships in AI often lead to increased operational efficiencies and revenue growth, exemplified by firms benefiting from defense contracts, driving stock performance positively akin to prior collaborations like Lockheed Martin's AI advancements.

How important is it?

The partnership between HII and C3 AI signifies a notable shift towards AI in defense, indicating potential market shifts and technological adoption that may impact stock valuations.

Why Long Term?

The integration will evolve over time, likely yielding sustained benefits as AI technologies become integral to operations, similar to trends in defense digitization over the past decade.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII), America’s largest military shipbuilder, and C3 AI (NYSE: AI), the Enterprise AI application software company, have announced a strategic partnership to expand digital technologies and apply artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate shipbuilding throughput at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions. “Increasing shipbuilding throughput is a critical priority for HII and the U.S. Navy,” HII CEO Chris Kastner said. “We’re proud to partner with C3 AI to leverage data and digital capabilities like artificial intelligence in the urgent work of delivering ships to the U.S. Navy.”  “C3 AI is proud to team with HII to ensure its vision in maintaining the nation’s maritime industrial dominance through the adoption of next-generation shipbuilding technologies. This collaboration underscores our growing role as a strategic provider to the U.S. government and defense sector,” said Thomas M. Siebel, chairman and CEO, C3 AI. “By deploying Enterprise AI across planning, operations, and the supply chain, we are powering a modern, intelligent infrastructure to ensure America’s edge in naval readiness.” An image accompanying this release is available at: http://hii.com/news/hii-and-c3-ai-forge-strategic-artificial-intelligence-partnership-to-support-us-navy-shipbuilding/. HII is broadening an existing partnership with C3 AI to integrate AI solutions across its shipbuilding operations, including in the areas of planning, operations, supply chain and labor allocation. These efforts are expected to accelerate production and support the U.S. Navy’s fleet readiness needs. The collaboration will also include opportunities in uncrewed vehicle production and sustainment. The collaboration builds on a six-month initial Enterprise AI production deployment program conducted at Ingalls Shipbuilding, where shipbuilding teams leveraged complex algorithms to adjust and optimize work schedules. The initial deployment of the C3 AI application — powered by the C3 Agentic AI Platform — demonstrated significant improvements in schedule performance, an effort which will now be scaled across HII shipyards. Initial efforts will focus on leveraging AI to enhance planning and scheduling at HII’s two shipbuilding divisions: Ingalls Shipbuilding, which builds amphibious ships and destroyers for the U.S. Navy; and Newport News Shipbuilding, which constructs U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered submarines for the U.S. Navy. This alliance marks a significant milestone in the digitization of America’s defense industrial base and reflects the commitment of both companies to strengthening U.S. naval capabilities through innovation. About HII HII is a global, all-domain defense provider. HII’s mission is to deliver the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain solutions in service of the nation, creating the advantage for our customers to protect peace and freedom around the world. As the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, and with a more than 135-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII delivers critical capabilities extending from ships to unmanned systems, cyber, ISR, AI/ML and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong. For more information, visit: HII on the web: https://www.HII.com/HII on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamHIIHII on X: https://www.twitter.com/WeAreHIIHII on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WeAreHII About C3.ai, Inc. C3 AI is the Enterprise AI application software company. C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise. Contacts:  HII Public RelationsGreg McCarthy(202) 264-7126gregory.j.mccarthy@hii-co.comInvestor Relationsinvestor.relations@hii-co.com C3 AI Public RelationsEdelmanLisa Kennedy415-914-8336 pr@c3.ai Investor Relationsir@c3.ai    A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/dd31c1e1-c6a9-45fa-aed4-e528eedc2987

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