Shipbuilding doesn't fail on engineering.
It fails on coordination no one can see.
Every missed handoff between trades is a schedule slip you discover months later.
Crane window missed. Eight trades waited. Schedule slipped.
One missed crane window cascades across every downstream trade. The block was not ready because the readiness gate was a phone call that never happened. The 18-month average schedule overrun on major naval programmes is not an engineering failure — it is a coordination failure.
1,200 subcontractors. Nobody knows who has what tool.
Government property accountability requires a chain-of-custody for every controlled tool. With twelve hundred subcontractor personnel across a sprawling yard, tool checkout is a binder and a trust exercise. An audit finding costs more than the tracking infrastructure.
Block arrives at dry dock. 40% of outfitting is missing.
The block moved on schedule. The outfitting kit did not. Nobody verified co-location before the crane window opened. The rework cost of outfitting a block already in dry dock is three to five times the cost of outfitting it in the assembly hall.
Classified program data on a shared network.
Naval programmes and classified contracts have data handling requirements that rule out cloud-first solutions and shared infrastructure. A single data handling violation can shut down an entire programme. Air-gapped deployment is not optional — it is a programme requirement.
The gap is not better project management software. It is that your blocks, tools, and modules were never digitally alive — they cannot report readiness, enforce chain-of-custody, or hand themselves to an AI that orchestrates the build sequence.
HOW WE DO IT
One Operating System. Built for the complexity a shipyard actually operates at.
Not a scheduling overlay on top of what you have. A complete operational foundation — hardware, connectivity, identity, workflows, and AI — that makes every asset in the yard digitally alive and every transition a governed, automatically recorded event.
Locate & Sense
Every block, module, spool, tool, jig, fixture, material kit, vehicle, crane, and critical component — tracked in real time across fabrication halls, outfitting bays, staging areas, dry docks, and outdoor yards. RTLS operates indoors and outdoors, across the full extent of the yard. Zone geofences monitor restricted areas and confined spaces.
Assets located: 8,400 / 8,400 | Update: < 30 sec
Normalize
Viaanix trackers, partner devices, RFID readers, barcode scanners, crane telematics, OEM sensors, and data from existing ERP and production management systems — all ingested into one consistent operational model. No rip-and-replace. Your existing equipment stays.
Vendors: 34 | Protocols: 11 | Lock-in: NONE
Digitalize
Every asset gains a digital identity — a governed record of what it is, where it has been, every status transition, every QA hold and release, every inspection, every handoff, every work order, and every subcontractor who touched it. A complete chain-of-custody never manually assembled.
Lifecycle events: 1,247 | Chain-of-custody: COMPLETE
Run Operations on ArgusIQ™
ArgusIQ™ is the hub. Built-in CMMS manages equipment and asset readiness. Ticketing orchestrates QA holds, move windows, kit verification, subcontractor handoffs, safety zone incidents, confined space authorisation, and programme exception management. SOPs and inspection procedures live inside as a searchable knowledge base, grounded for AI.
Dark corners: 0
Automate With AI and Orchestration
Ask Argus queries live operational data in plain language — grounded in actual records. ArgusOps provides multi-yard and multi-programme command dashboards. ArgusForge extends to new workflows. ArgusAI brings full AI on-premises and air-gapped for naval programmes and classified environments.
Recommended: Bay 4 and Outfitting Bay 2 immediate action
REAL OUTCOMES
You'll recognise your yard in these.
These are not hypothetical scenarios. They are the exact coordination failures your teams navigate every day — with and without an Operating System that closes the loop automatically.
“Block B-14 cleared its final hold at 09:22. The crane window was at 14:00. The crew found out at 13:47.”
The Scene
Block B-14 completes inspection at 09:22. Paper form entered into system at 11:30. Crane coordinator notified at 13:47 — thirteen minutes before the window.
With Viaanix
Inspection completion at 09:22 closes the QA hold automatically. Status changes to "Ready for Move" at 09:23. Crane coordinator notified immediately. Move Task MT-882 staged with five hours of preparation.
What Does Not Happen
A thirteen-minute scramble to execute a move that should have had five hours of preparation. A downstream berth that finds out after the fact. A window that delivers less than it could have.
Move window execution rate improves significantly when readiness confirmation is automated — the system closes the gate, not a phone call.
Coordination overhead: 0 radio calls
“Spool SP-2209 cleared QA. It was in Bay 9, not Bay 7. The outfitting crew waited two days.”
The Scene
SP-2209 cleared and moved to Bay 9 instead of Bay 7 during a shift change. QA record says "cleared and staged." Outfitting crew finds Bay 7 empty. Two-day search.
With Viaanix
Continuous location trail catches the mismatch. Exception ticket raised automatically. Outfitting crew queries ArgusIQ™: SP-2209 — Bay 9, Row 3, confirmed 47 minutes ago. Schedule holds.
What Does Not Happen
Two days of search across a yard with hundreds of staging positions. An outfitting crew that waits while a programme manager calls every zone supervisor.
Material search time approaches zero when every asset has a continuous location trail.
Search time: 0 minutes | Schedule impact: PREVENTED
“WP-447 was scheduled to start Monday. Kit K-311 was missing three components. The crew found out Monday morning.”
The Scene
Kit assembled Friday — three components not co-located. Kit marked "staged." Crew arrives Monday, finds incomplete kit. Parts runner searches the yard. Start: Monday afternoon.
With Viaanix
ArgusIQ™ verifies all components co-located at staging time. Three missing components trigger kit exception Friday 15:14. Parts runner assigned. Kit complete by 16:45. Crew starts Monday on time.
What Does Not Happen
A Monday discovery of a Friday problem. A crew standing idle. A half-day slip before a single weld is made.
Kit completion verification before crew arrival — schedule buffer maintained, not consumed.
Discovery: Friday (not Monday) | Buffer: 12 hours
“Torque tool TQ-44 had an expired calibration. It was checked out and used before anyone caught it.”
The Scene
TQ-44 calibration expires Wednesday. Crib operator doesn't check — forty tools in circulation. Tool checked out Thursday, used on critical fastening. Lapse discovered two weeks later. Work flagged for re-inspection.
With Viaanix
Calibration status is a governed attribute. Checkout status changes to "LOCKED" on expiry. Work order created automatically. Thursday checkout attempt blocked. Tool calibrated before re-use. No re-inspection required.
What Does Not Happen
An uncalibrated tool used on a critical operation. A two-week investigation. A re-inspection of completed work. A quality finding that would have cost nothing to prevent.
Zero calibration-lapse quality events when checkout is governed by live calibration status.
Uncalibrated tool uses: 0 | Quality findings: 0
“Transport Task 882: move Module M-06. Arrival confirmed. Record closed automatically. No radio call required.”
The Scene
Module move requires crane coordination, staging verification, crew confirmation, and arrival verification. Current process: four radio calls, two manual log entries, one supervisor sign-off. Total overhead per move: forty-five minutes across three people.
With Viaanix
Task MT-882 created when M-06 achieves "Ready for Move." RTLS confirms arrival at destination — automatic task closure. Next work package gate notified. Zero radio calls. Zero manual entries.
What Does Not Happen
Forty-five minutes of coordination overhead per move. A move record that depends on someone remembering to update. A downstream work package that doesn't know the asset arrived.
Coordination overhead per move: from 45 minutes to zero manual steps.
Radio calls: 0 | Manual log entries: 0
“Section S-07 went through hold-release-hold three times. ArgusIQ™ showed why.”
The Scene
Three QA holds over six weeks, each resolved individually. Pattern invisible — holds in separate records by two QA teams. Root cause visible only if someone compares all three. Fourth hold begins.
With Viaanix
Every hold and release recorded in the digital identity. After the second hold, rework pattern flag triggers. Ask Argus surfaces common factor: all holds from Bay 4, same subcontractor crew. Investigation at week three, not week twelve. The fourth hold does not happen.
What Does Not Happen
A fourth hold whose root cause was visible after the second. Weeks of compounding rework. A commissioning finding from a pattern nobody connected.
Rework loop detection: only possible when every hold, release, and inspection is recorded in one continuous digital identity.
Pattern detection: after 2nd event | 4th hold: PREVENTED
“Confined space entry authorised at 08:14. Crew exited at 10:47. The audit record was complete before lunch.”
The Scene
Paper form, radio check-in at entry, radio check-out at exit — when the crew remembers. Emergency accountability relies on supervisors counting from memory under pressure.
With Viaanix
Entry workflow requires authorisation in ArgusIQ™. RTLS confirms entry time and identity. Duration monitoring triggers welfare check at 60 minutes. Exit confirms and closes record. Entry time, exit time, identities, duration — all logged and timestamped.
What Does Not Happen
An emergency with nobody knowing who is in which confined space. Paper forms with mismatched handwriting. An investigation reconstructed from memory.
Confined space accountability: system-generated, complete, and defensible — before anyone asks for it.
Entry log: System-generated | Accountability: Real-time
“Subcontractor crew, wrong clearance level. The system knew before they reached the barrier.”
The Scene
Crew assigned to Level 3 restricted zone. Two members have Level 2. Caught — if caught at all — when a supervisor checks. Sometimes not caught until already inside the zone.
With Viaanix
RTLS geofence tied to clearance rules in ArgusIQ™. Level 2 approach triggers alert. Access flagged before entry. Incident logged: identity, clearance level, zone, timestamp. Safety manager notified. Crew redirected.
What Does Not Happen
A clearance violation discovered after entry. An unauthorised person in a restricted zone. An audit finding about access control gaps nobody can document.
Zone access violations: flagged before entry, documented automatically, resolved before incident.
Entry prevented: Before barrier | Audit record: COMPLETE
“Container C-91 was supposed to be at Dock 2. It was at Dock 5. The audit query found it in eight seconds.”
The Scene
Yard audit: forty-seven containers across three dock areas and two staging zones. Two people, half a day, walking with clipboards. Six discrepancies. Two more hours to resolve.
With Viaanix
Every container has a continuous location trail. Query returns all forty-seven positions in real time. C-91 at Dock 5, not Dock 2 — flagged automatically. Audit tasks created. Total: twelve minutes query, thirty minutes targeted verification.
What Does Not Happen
A half-day yard walk. Six discrepancies found by walking every dock instead of querying mismatches directly.
Yard audit time: from half a day to under an hour — same accuracy, fraction of the time.
Query time: 8 seconds | Yard walk: REPLACED
“Critical valve assembly for WP-614 was not staged at 16:00. The exception ticket was open by 16:01.”
The Scene
WP-614 starts 06:00 next morning. Valve should have been staged by 15:00. Supervisor discovers at 16:00 — valve in receiving, still in crate. Staged by 19:30. Three and a half hours of emergency resolution.
With Viaanix
ArgusIQ™ monitors staging readiness. At 15:01, valve not in staging zone — automatic exception ticket. Supply chain notified at 15:02. Valve staged by 16:45 — twelve hours of buffer, not three and a half.
What Does Not Happen
A 16:00 manual discovery of a 15:00 problem. A staging exception compressed to three hours when it could have had twelve. A work package start at risk.
Staging exception detection: automated at threshold time, not discovered during end-of-day walkthrough.
Manual discovery: Eliminated | Buffer: 12 hours
“Emergency alert at 10:22. All 847 personnel accounted for by 10:35. No supervisor roll calls required.”
The Scene
Emergency alarm across a large active shipyard. Every supervisor conducts roll call, reports up. Total accountability: twenty to forty minutes. Gaps for subcontractors not on the prime contractor's list.
With Viaanix
RTLS provides continuous last-known location. Emergency muster view activates immediately. Personnel displayed by zone. Unaccounted flagged automatically. By 10:35, 847 of 847 accounted for — complete record with timestamps, zones, identities.
What Does Not Happen
A twenty-to-forty-minute roll call under emergency. Subcontractors missing from every list. An accountability gap that becomes a search operation.
Emergency accountability: from 30+ minutes of roll calls to under 15 minutes of system-confirmed positions.
Supervisor roll calls: 0 | Method: RTLS last-known position
“Five bottlenecks. Ranked by dwell time. Root causes identified. Available before the 07:00 briefing.”
The Scene
Programme Manager: walk three zones, talk to four foremen, call two subcontractor leads. Briefing ready by 08:30. Decisions on two-hour-old information.
With Viaanix
Ask Argus: "Show me the top five bottlenecks by dwell time this week and work packages blocked behind them." Live answer at 06:45. The briefing is the decision — not the research that precedes it.
What Does Not Happen
An 08:30 briefing on 06:00 information. A bottleneck that ran three days because nobody connected dwell-time data to the blocked work package.
Briefing build time: zero minutes. Bottleneck identification: automated. Decisions on live data before the shift starts.
Recommended: Bay 4 and Outfitting Bay 2 immediate | Walk: 0 min
THE PLATFORM IN ACTION
This is what your yard looks like when every asset is digitally alive.
Live telemetry, governed workflows, and AI — running across fabrication halls, outfitting bays, dry docks, and open yards. One Operating System.
Bay 1
4min
Bay 2
8min
Bay 3
3min
Bay 4
12min
Bay 5
6min
Bay 6
2min
Next milestone: Block 44 → Dry Dock 2 (pending weld cert)
BUILT FOR WHAT COMES NEXT
The U.S. Navy is investing in AI and autonomous tools for shipyards at scale. Industry leaders say digital identity and data capture are the prerequisite. The investment is arriving. The question is whether your yard has the foundation to absorb it.
Autonomous inspection systems, robotic welding platforms, AI-driven work package scheduling, and autonomous material handling are active investment areas backed by the largest naval procurement authority in the world. Robots do not run on dashboards. They run on identity, location, state, task queues, and verification. Every Viaanix deployment is autonomy-ready by default.
Autonomous Inspection
Robotic inspection platforms complete quality checks — flagged events create ArgusIQ™ tickets automatically — work packages advance or hold based on system-verified outcomes. No manual transcription between inspection platform and production system.
Robotic Material Handling
Autonomous ground vehicles consume task queues from ArgusIQ™ work package requirements and staging assignments — without custom integration per robotic platform. The Operating System is the coordinator. The robot is the executor.
AI Work Package Scheduling
ArgusOps surfaces live readiness for every work package gate. AI scheduling consumes that live feed and sequences work packages against actual yard capacity, not planned capacity from a two-day-old report.
Digital Twin That Knows Where Everything Is
A digital twin fed by ArgusIQ™ live data is not a 3D model of where things used to be. It is a live operational mirror — every block, spool, tool, crew, and work package state, updated in real time. That twin is what AI can reason against.
You are not building toward autonomy. You are already building the foundation it requires. The only question is whether you build it now — while the investment wave is forming — or after the yards that did are already operating at a different cadence.
WHAT THIS COSTS NOT TO HAVE
Shipbuilding ROI is measured in schedule days. In the difference between a yard that delivers on time and one that delivers explanations.
Schedule Adherence
Crane Utilization
Tool Accountability
Rework Reduction
WHY VIAANIX
Not another vendor. A different foundation.
RTLS That Works in a Shipyard, Not a Warehouse
Indoor/outdoor RTLS across a large active yard with cranes, metal structures, interference, and mixed environmental conditions is a different engineering problem. Our infrastructure is built and validated for the physical environment you actually operate in.
One OS — Yard to Programme to Sea
Fabrication, staging, outfitting, inspection, dry dock, sea trials, marine terminal — one ArgusIQ™ Operating System handles every environment and every transition. One system, one team, one source of truth from first steel to delivery.
Built for Classified & Secure Programmes
Naval programmes and classified contracts have data handling requirements that rule out cloud-first solutions. ArgusAI brings the full Operating System and complete AI on-premises and fully air-gapped. No cloud dependency. No data handling compromise. No exceptions.
AI Grounded in Your Yard, Not Generic Data
Ask Argus answers questions about your blocks, your work packages, your bottlenecks, and your schedule because it is grounded in your actual asset records, work order history, and location data — not generic manufacturing training data.
Deployment Options
Cloud
Fully managed SaaS for commercial shipbuilders and marine terminal operators. Enterprise-grade reliability. Zero infrastructure overhead.
Private Cloud
Dedicated tenant for shipyards with data residency requirements, programme security policies, or enterprise security obligations.
On-Premise
Full ArgusIQ™ inside your own data centre. For organisations where data leaving the building is not an option.
Air-Gapped (ArgusAI)
Complete Operating System and full AI for naval programmes, classified contracts, and critical national infrastructure. Full intelligence. Zero cloud dependency. No exceptions.
You don't have an engineering problem. You have a coordination problem. And it has a solution.
Every crane window that executed below capacity because readiness was not confirmed. Every spool that sat in the wrong staging bay for two days after it cleared QA. Every kit that arrived incomplete at 06:00 because nobody checked at 15:00 the day before. Every calibrated tool that left the crib without anyone checking its status. Every subcontractor handoff with no chain-of-custody record. These are not engineering failures. They are coordination failures — and coordination failures have a single root cause: assets that are not digitally alive. They close when every asset has a digital identity, every transition triggers a governed workflow, and every team runs on the same operational truth. Viaanix provides that foundation today — for fabrication yards, outfitting facilities, dry docks, and marine terminal operations — and scales into the autonomous and AI-driven shipbuilding environment the industry is actively building toward.