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The future is written line by line. When purpose and tempo, Warp space and time.
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Pilgrim Labs is solving this.
The false anthrax alert at the Pentagon is a brutal reminder that the threat is real and our detection of it is still operationally immature. What does that tell our adversaries?
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ICYMI: Apex Co-Founder & CEO, @IanCinnamon, joined @EdLudlow on Bloomberg @technology last week to discuss how Apex’s latest funding round is eliminating the satellite production bottleneck and delivering constellation-scale production to enable the next generation of critical space systems. Watch the full video below:
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Access was built for the harshest environments we could think of. Ocean, off-grid, remote, rough conditions. If you have an extreme use case, send it our way!
We've been building this for a while. Access is a 25 lb portable water system designed to filter any natural water source, including seawater and freshwater into clean water. AC or DC compatible, integrated battery, three simple steps to operate. Pre-orders open now in our website bit.ly/4sKpwK5
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The future of energy moves fast. The systems built to support it don't – so, we changed the system. Drop shipped. Ready immediately. Power where you need it, when you need it. Reliable energy for years, not days. Building our factory right now. Oak Ridge – we're coming for you.
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When I first met Phil he said that if I told anyone what Heaviside was doing he would kill me. Fortunately I don't have to worry about that anymore. Phil and Heaviside have an absurd pace of execution. You will be hearing even more about them soon.
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Real G's move in silence like lasagna Excited for Heaviside to finally come out of stealth
May 11
We were Heaviside's 1st check 2yrs ago & wanted to run an experiment of sorts... If no one knew about the co could they develop & deploy battlefield technology faster without distractions? Until last week even our LPs only knew it as "redacted". The answer was a resounding "yes"
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At @cantos nearly all the companies we back use automation and robotics. They just don't lead with it. It's only a robot until it works. Then it's just a machine
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Don’t come if you don’t like fun, hardware, or America.
.@640oxford presents: PRE/INDUSTRIALIZE The pre-party to @reindsummit. Detroit. June 15th. Industrial bonfires, demos, installations, and whatever other crazy shit you can think of alongside those building the future of America. Hosted with @DiscipulusVent, @cantos, Riot Ventures, @CrucibleCap, @AcequiaCapital, @grid_cap, @trucksvc, @dugsong, & more. Located in a former wartime production stamping facility, and the home to @noxmetals & @beaconmfg. Powered by: @VulcanForms Link below:
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Our CEO and Co-Founder @hargsb joined @NewsNation to discuss why America's hypersonic production gap is the defining national security challenge of our time, and how @Castelion is building to close it. "The only way that we achieve deterrence is to approach this with scale, and the country has to be able to afford these systems in mass."
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RT @grant__gregory: Building in the physical world is really hard, and frankly, not many people understand what it takes. We need new taxo…
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Water water everywhere, every drop to drink. Access is here.
JUST IN: This might be the closest thing to universal water access. Vital Lyfe just launched a portable system that turns any water source into clean drinking water on demand. • Works with saltwater, rivers, and other sources • Battery-powered so it runs fully off-grid • Aerospace-grade build but simple to use • App to track water quality and system health • Built by ex-SpaceX engineers focused on water independence Pre-orders are live at $749.
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Excited for @VitalLyfe to officially release their first product: Access Access is a portable water desalination system that converts any water source into clean, drinkable water. We like to call @jcriss_1 and team the master builders, and this device is further proof of that. Access is quite literally an industry first. It's state-of-the-art, so much so that when we spoke with industry insiders they told us it would be impossible to hit all the objectives, features, and form factor. These experts assured us the team wouldn't be able to do this. They did. And now Access is available for preorder (link below)
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We envisioned Comet at Apex’s inception— over 3.5 years ago. As we’ve worked to build our small and medium platforms, Aries and Nova, we’ve laid the foundation for Comet. As we’ve grown, we’ve vertically integrated more and more components, allowing us to reduce risk and hold schedule for Comet. Comet, designed for LEO environments, brings the price point of power and mass down significantly, ushering in new use cases such as Orbital Data Centers, discerning government missions, and more. Today, we unveil more details: Comet Mini, built for today’s launchers like Falcon 9, is based on our vertically integrated power system and generates 20kW of power, supporting masses up to 3,000kg in custom launch configurations. In our standard launch configurations, we can fit 16 in a Falcon 9, allowing our government and commercial constellation customers to rapidly reach orbit. Comet XL, built for Starship, is where things get really interesting. But more on that soon!
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 From Day 0, Apex envisioned a product roadmap spanning different sizes of satellite bus platforms: Aries for smaller payloads supporting sensing and pathfinder missions; Nova as our proliferated constellation workhorse; and Comet, a higher-mass, higher-power platform for customers launching constellations with more demanding payloads. Comet meets the demands of power-hungry missions through a variety of configurations that support everything from orbital data centers to communications, radar, and space-based interceptor hosting. Leveraging heritage from our Nova platform, which is now in rate production with numerous buses going to customers this year, Comet's two configurations (Comet Mini and Comet XL) share common, vertically integrated subsystems across avionics, solar arrays, power systems, and propulsion. This product-first approach is what Apex was founded on, and it is fundamental to scaling manufacturing. When combined with our design-for-manufacturing principles, productization continues to deliver radically improved speed, reliability, and constellation access for our customers.
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Most people argue vertical integration is the answer (Vertically Integrate or Die), but the truth is that is most often a function of bad suppliers You have to do it yourself if you can’t rely on others There’s a growing contingent of ADCU ‘supplier startups’ that will help change that
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At the @TectonicDefense Summit, @Castelion Co-Founder & CFO Andrew Kreitz on the urgency of hypersonic development: "This is a dead sprint to scale. The only way we are going to be able to deter a conflict is by moving fast enough to provide a conventional deterrent in time."
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My second interview with @soren_ma, Co-Founder and CEO of @neros_tech. Neros just acquired a new 250k square foot factory which will allow them to ramp production to 1M drones a year. 0:50 New 250k square foot factory 5:13 How the Russia Ukraine war has evolved 8:51 Learning from the Starlink production ramp 12:37 Building a military spec drone 15:25 Prototypes vs production product 17:27 Creating a fully China-free drone 20:27 Scaling production capacity 25:53 Production hell vs supply chain hell 29:11 Timelines and urgency 34:08 Flyoff mode and PBAS 37:40 How Soren operates during a sprint 40:54 Shifting from building drones to company building 42:37 Leadership hiring 49:05 Focusing on execution 50:30 Defeating drone jammers 57:55 Oh sh*t moments 1:00:09 Refocusing on health and taking care of yourself 1:05:21 Measuring effectiveness by battle field results 1:13:04 Evolution of their testing process 1:16:05 Archer Fiber 1:17:55 Lifting up the entire drone industrial base 1:21:12 Building region-specific supply chains 1:23:49 How America can win over the coming decades 1:26:55 Are we going fast enough? 1:29:12 Choosing to work on lethal systems 1:32:35 Being pro-America 1:35:37 Future of warfare and autonomous systems
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Wow this is a MASSIVE upgrade to the Black Hawk. In a hugely ambitious feat @skyryse has completely reworked flight controls for this military aviation workhorse.
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This morning at VERTICON, we provided a firsthand look at how SkyOS™, the world’s first operating system for flight, is maturing its capabilities on the Black Hawk platform. In a session led by former commander of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (aka the “Night Stalkers”) and our Director of Strategic Pursuits, Mike Hertzendorf, we shared how our team was able to rapidly expand our flight envelope for Black Hawk with SkyOS, to perform precision maneuvers and patterns with one hand. Just weeks after achieving the first-ever automated pickup, hover, and setdown of a Black Hawk with SkyOS, we’re continuing to witness our system’s maturity on a new platform. SkyOS unlocks safety and performance without compromise – making flying every aircraft more reliable and effective. Watch as this battle-proven aircraft enters a new era.
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A Titan has fallen. Dan Simmons now speaks the language of the dead. It's left to us to take the first step. "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us..."
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Proud of our friends at Neros!
Neros is delivering. We are proud to announce the first delivery under the U.S. Army’s Purpose Built Attritable Systems (PBAS) program ahead of schedule. This milestone demonstrates repeatable, program-level production at scale for our warfighters. Alongside this delivery, we are officially launching our Archer Block 2 system. Block 2 is an evolved combat system designed for modularity and field-reconfigurability in contested environments. With multiple size configurations, a multi-sensor payload suite, and paired with our next-generation soldier-borne Ground Control Station, Flatbow, Archer Block 2 is a comprehensive platform that adapts as quickly as mission demands change. Full announcement here: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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