Interos, creator of an AI-powered supply chain resilience platform, has announced a contract with the US Navy to drive supply chain digital transformation and resilience across its global infrastructure.
According to the company, the award enables the first ever Navy-wide supply chain risk management (SCRM) capability for its more than 30 support organizations and field activities around the world, providing tools, intelligence and counsel to ensure network cohesion and resilience.
The agreement provides a preemptive response to assess, identify and mitigate multi-factor supply chain risks using Interos’ first-of-its-kind relationship discovery and scoring methodology.
Interos says it will be embedded within the Navy’s Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) organization. PEO IWS is establishing an enterprise SCRM solution for the Navy to develop, deliver and sustain operationally dominant combat systems to the Navy and its maritime allies.
“Our enterprise approach enables a whole-of-government information sharing strategy to standardizing and scaling next generation SCRM capabilities essential to defense procurement and force readiness,” said Robert Stukes, PEO IWS Chief Logistician US Navy Acquisitions Office.
“Working with Interos’ SCRM visibility and resilience technology is accelerating our transition from analyzing lagging to leading risk indicators to protect the weapons systems supply chain from concentration risk, foreign intrusions, restricted entities and other national security concerns.”
“In the new normal of increased geopolitical complexity, higher regulatory standards and constant disruption, there is no defensible position for the supply chain status quo,” explained Jennifer Bisceglie, Founder & CEO, Interos. “As a trusted and long-standing provider to government agencies, we are proud to provide the intelligence and technology foundation for the Navy’s enterprise-wide approach to help government supply chains adapt to these realities and mitigate the risk of threat actors in the weapons supply chain.”