CHAOS Industries | PPBE Reform matters | Make industrial mobilization cool again
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Glad to see DoW hedging bets with new low cost interceptors and expanding the industrial base by choosing **checks notes** Lockheed Martin.
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I don't think this MUSV OT protest will have a "chilling effect." The Navy ran it weird: selected companies -> changed its requirement -> kicked companies out.
But it could slow down the critical program. Crazy. So many personnel and unmanned program pivots in the last couple years. I think Navy will stabilize it now.
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Good to see, but if Japan is just assembling AMRAAMs and relying on same seeker, rocket motor, etc supply chains from US then not clear how more will spit out the back end. Will need to qualify more sources.
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“Just a girl making inflatables” could do more damage to a munitions budget than most actual air defenses... Add low-cost decoys to list of things we need.
Air to Underwater Missile = air dropped torpedo, right?
Chinese are developing boron-fueled ramjet engine that can operate in both air and water.
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How many sites will need cUAS protection in the near future? Hundreds, thousands? Will need defeat more affordable than stingers.
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Centa-unicorn status
Anduril is reportedly exploring another financing at a valuation around $120B.
The company says no decision has been made, so that figure shouldn’t be treated as a completed valuation.
This signals the scale of capital potentially required to build defense hardware ahead of orders.
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Foreign sabotage teams don’t need missiles when they can fly drones straight into the open garage and call it a mission kill. Door discipline is needed! HODOR!
Hardened Shelters Critical To Survival Of USAF’s Tanker Fleet: Study
An independent assessment calls for new action to prevent critical aerial refueling assets from being neutralized before they even get in the air.
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Industrial mobilization, it's so hot right now
Another Michigan auto firm enters defense industry as state tries to revive ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ breakingdefense.com/2026/10/…
Made by Kyle Briggs: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
DoW’s hypervigilance against vendor lock-in is colliding with the “pick winners” narrative of nontraditionals... and it's clearly playing out in unmanned systems.
AcqTalk is back! 🎙️
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This, from the Walter Isaacson biography, is both an underrated aspect of SpaceX’s success, and the perfect example of why “cost plus” manufacturing (used by many aspects of US Government) is a terrible idea
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“@VenusAerospace has developed the world’s first liquid-propellant rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) with a double-digit percentage increase in efficiency over standard regular engines, making the #HypersonicEconomy possible,” -CEO Sassie Duggleby bit.ly/467gYmy