Naval Support Activity Monterey, California, is now home to the Pentagon\u2019s most powerful supercomputer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The base, which houses the Naval Postgraduate School, the Naval Research Lab and Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, received a DGX GB300 computer \u2014 billed as the highest-performing AI processing system available for enterprises \u2014 under a cooperative research and development agreement between NPS and AI giant NVIDIA that began in December 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the new system took place Wednesday afternoon with NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang and the commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Paparo in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Installed at NPS and within the school\u2019s network, the machine will provide \u201ca substantial increase in computational capacity to the NPS.edu network while operating within the existing power and water infrastructure of the school,\u201d Navy officials said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The makeup of the supercomputer \u2014 which combines 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs with 72 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, according to officials \u2014 enables it \u201cto process large volumes of work in parallel rather than just sequentially,\u201d according to the release. \u201cThis architecture is particularly well suited for large AI applications, where speed and scale are essential. It enables students and faculty to train models, analyze data, and explore complex problems that were previously out of reach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Capt. Michael Owen, NPS\u2019s vice provost for warfare studies and leader of the school\u2019s AI Task Force, said in an interview with Military Times that he sees plenty of military applications for the new machine\u2019s computing power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou can think of of massive logistics-scale challenges of, how would you distribute beans, bullets and all of the standard defense logistics things \u2014 supply chain management challenges,\u201d he said. \u201cIt could be \u2026 cybersecurity models to be able to be better positioned to understand where there are potential threats in network traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Navy\u2019s work \u2014 unique within the Department of Defense \u2014 in meteorology and oceanography will benefit from a computer able to create models at smaller and smaller resolutions, Owen added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou can get better predictability for very localized operations, as opposed to more like, 50-kilometer grids,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you start talking about defense operations, your general weather modeling that you would see at your evening weather news or in the morning for your commute, is just not adequate. [The supercomputer] really unlocks whole new methods of, how do I even think about modeling the weather or the climate, or how do I think about solving these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the Defense Department has its own Defense Supercomputing Resource Center, maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Mississippi, that center is maintained for operational use, Owen said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s unique and different about NPS is that we are research and innovation-focused,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just, here\u2019s my model \u2014 I need to run it just to operate \u2026 we are going to be focused on, how do we change the models? How do we improve the models?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CRADA and installment of the supercomputer started with an expressed interest from Huang, Owen said, to partner with the school and \u201chelp make NPS one of the premier AI institutions in the world, and definitely the premier U.S. defense institution or school for artificial intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NPS announced last December that it was launching a new master\u2019s program in artificial intelligence to provide troops from around the joint force and in allied militaries with tools to lead AI integration into warfighting. Its first cohort is underway with 11 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to officials, the new supercomputer will be available to NPS students and faculty, though staff plan to \u201ccarefully manage demand,\u201d particularly at the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile utilization is expected to grow steadily over time, the true value of this capability is not measured in compute hours alone,\u201d officials said in the release. \u201cIt is measured by how quickly NPS students and researchers can transform data into actionable knowledge, accelerate discovery, and develop solutions to pressing operational challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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