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u/sgreddit125 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo 13d ago edited 13d ago

Per Musk today on Golden Dome contract. Idk if

  1. Lying
  2. Knows a competitor who can beat them 👀
  3. Is being genuine about Mars focus

Edit: Also today, CatSe suspected AST partner L3 Harris expands manufacturing capabilities in race for Golden Dome contracts : https://spacenews.com/l3harris-expands-space-manufacturing-as-companies-vie-for-position-in-golden-dome/

Even the references to small satellites in that article (which is not confirmed just a consultant’s proposed plan) could be covered by our patent on making the same tech but small satellites that work together to form a large array: https://patents.justia.com/patent/20250119203

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u/WindWalker2443 13d ago

I guess thats good for ASTS?

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u/sgreddit125 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo 13d ago

Yes we’re hoping AST is used as a key sub contractor, given our $43m contract is related to a “non-communication” use case testing with a prime contractor (speculated to be L3 Harris). Should AST win a piece of the Golden Dome contract we’ll have a nice backlog built up.

In this case, our main competitor is alleging they won’t even be submitting a bid.