Air Force selects Avathon to strengthen supply chain with AI innovations

PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Avathon, provider of the leading AI platform for industrial operations, is working with a host of other technology companies to create a digital transformation of the United States Air Force (USAF).

Reducing operational risks starts with ensuring a robust military supply chain function. The United States Department of Defense lost 22 percent of its total vendors between 2016-2022, resulting in supply delays and higher costs. By leveraging large language models and knowledge graph technology, the Avathon Industrial AI Platform can provide supply and logistics planners with greater insights on anticipated lead time, part availability, pricing and quality.

Avathon is part of the Digital, Research, Innovation, Validation and Experimentation (D.R.I.V.E.) Consortium through its government services subsidiary, Avathon Government. Led by the Ohio Aerospace Institute, the D.R.I.V.E. Consortium expands Avathon's partnership with the USAF to deploy AI-powered solutions. In collaboration with Boeing, Avathon has been working on AI asset performance management applications to boost supply chain health and create mitigation strategies for operational risks.

The solution enables intelligent logistics strategies for contested environments. By marrying historical information from the key suppliers with weather conditions, worker strikes and the geopolitical climate, planners can derive crucial insights and predictions of the anticipated supply chain health and its potential ramifications on lead time and part availability at large.

"Supply chain issues, like long lead times and information gaps, are undermining our military's ability to be mission ready," said Art Sellers, president and general manager, Avathon Government, who explained the work on the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast. Avathon's solutions lead to "actionable insights that are generated to help the Air Force quickly identify and fix supply chain vulnerabilities and strengthen our national security posture."

Avathon CEO Pervinder Johar added: "Improving mission readiness starts with empowering the military with industrial AI innovations that have transformed the industrial sector. Our AI platform has streamlined operations and improved processes for numerous companies around the world, and we're proud to apply that same technology to strengthen the military value chain."

About Avathon

Avathon, a leader in industrial AI, extends the life of critical infrastructure while advancing the journey toward full autonomy. The Avathon Industrial AI Platform empowers commercial and government customers with scalable, secure and value-driven solutions that enhance efficiency and resilience across heavy industry.

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