US Navy awards Applied Intuition $25M to deploy AI sensor fusion at sea

What's the deal? The US Navy has awarded Applied Intuition a $25 million contract, announced 22 October 2026, to deploy its Intelligent Perception System at sea. The system is designed to help sailors make sense of a growing flood of sensor feeds while collecting operational data to train improved AI models.

Why it matters: The award extends Applied Intuition's defence work from simulation and autonomy software into live naval operations, part of a broader Navy push to apply AI to sensor fusion and crew decision-making aboard surface ships.

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