Thursday, March 12, 2026

THURSDAY — LEADERSHIP, HISTORY & POWER

“This is a modern take on an old idea: building capable ships quickly and at scale.”

— Rylan Hamilton, CEO, Blue Water Autonomy

In WWII, America didn’t win the Battle of the Atlantic with superior ship design but by building Liberty Ships faster than U-boats could sink them. Now Blue Water Autonomy is reviving that logic for the autonomous age, adapting a proven Dutch commercial hull into a warship that can patrol for 90 days without a single human aboard. Sometimes the fastest path to transformation isn’t a clean-sheet redesign but re-engineering what already works. To learn more, Check out the article Liberty Class Autonomous Naval Ships Can Be Cranked Out Like Sausages.

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Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad