Astris AI, an AI software and MLOps provider backed by Lockheed Martin, has partnered with Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) to deploy secure, scalable AI across defense supply chain operations, aiming to improve forecasting, risk mitigation and delivery performance for composite components. AEC, a producer of 3D woven composites for defense and aerospace, is the first supplier in Astris AI's supplier modernization initiative.
Lockheed Martin's chief supply chain officer said the investment in supplier AI readiness is meant to transform operations across the network, starting with AEC's composite manufacturing facilities. Under the arrangement, Astris AI will deploy its AI Factory platform to help AEC build an AI roadmap, establish secure governance frameworks compliant with defense requirements, and create AI models that predict material properties for complex 3D woven composite geometries.
AEC's president said the platform, combined with AEC's 3D weaving and simulation capabilities, should speed up efforts to replace titanium structures with 3D-woven composites. The initiative is set to expand to additional suppliers through 2026, in line with Department of War priorities for a more resilient defense industrial base.
Source: Astris AI
