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Dirac and Fairlead Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate American Shipbuilding Through Model-Based Manufacturing

Dirac and Fairlead announced a strategic partnership on 2025-05-07 to transform American shipbuilding using model-based manufacturing from Fairlead's Virginia facilities.
This collaboration responds to legacy defense manufacturing constraints by adopting Dirac's software-defined platform to increase speed, precision, and reduce rework.
Dirac's platform includes automated work instruction, facility layout, design-for-manufacturability, and real-time feedback tools, enabling seamless teamwork across engineering, planning, quality, and operations.
Jerry Miller, CEO of Fairlead, emphasized that Dirac will play a crucial role in helping the Navy mitigate delays and expand its production capabilities, noting that the complexity of modern naval vessels demands more than just traditional, experience-based knowledge.
The partnership seeks to establish the Navy's most flexible industrial collaborator by expanding modular shipbuilding capabilities and supporting Executive Order 14269 to strengthen American maritime power.

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Dirac and Fairlead Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate American Shipbuilding Through Model-Based Manufacturing

PORTSMOUTH, Va., May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Dirac, the software company pioneering model-based, context-aware production planning for modern manufacturing, today announced a strategic partnership with Fairlead, one of America's most capable maritime engineering and manufacturing firms, to transform shipbuilding through…

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