@Zsshore
This year’s AD 50 is about production.
Not just for our military, but for America. We are entering a moment when the “American Manufacturing Asset Class” must flourish.
The same capacity that arms the country also creates skilled jobs, revitalizes communities, and makes the supply chains behind energy, housing, and everyday goods more resilient.
There is no scaled defense industrial base without a strong industrial base.
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A couple of months back, we went to Spaceport America in New Mexico to see a new plane go supersonic.
The plane belongs to @hermeuscorp, which is buidling autonomous supersonic and hypersonic fighter jets. It's trying to prove that the US can make, test and fly jets quickly. If it pulls this off, this would be a huge leap forward for the Defense Department, which has seen its combat aircraft hopes and dreams languish.
In this Core Memory podcast, we sit down with @Zsshore and @AJ_Piplica to discuss our history building planes, what has plagued jet makers and the possible path forward.
You know what's as fast as a fighter jet? Doing your expenses when you're on @brexhq. See what I did there? Thanks so much to Brex for making this pod possible. #brexpartner
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:39 Supersonic With Nobody Aboard
00:06:21 Building an Aircraft Company
00:17:02 From Turbines to Ramjets
00:22:18 The Unmanned Bomb Truck
00:30:25 Will Passengers Fly Hypersonic?
00:31:56 America's Flight Testing Bottleneck
00:40:08 Who Actually Flies It?
00:45:12 Rebuilding the Skunk Works
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