Dino Mavrookas

counter the chinese in terms of mass in terms of real shipbuilding capacity is through autonomy and it's because you can strip all of the complexity out of the ship right we talked about aircraft aircraft carriers are amazing they're expensive they take a long time to build but they're incredible. They're feats of engineering.

counter the chinese in terms of mass in terms of real shipbuilding capacity is through autonomy and it's because you can strip all of the complexity out of the ship right we talked about aircraft aircraft carriers are amazing they're expensive they take a long time to build but they're incredible. They're feats of engineering.

I mean, these things are 24 feet tall or 24 stories tall, excuse me, 24 stories tall. They're a thousand feet long. You're landing jets on a ship. Like think about that, right? They house 5,000 people. There's eight different aircraft squadron. There's eight nuclear reactors on a carrier. They have four props that are 32 tons each. Each prop weighs 32 tons.

I mean, these things are 24 feet tall or 24 stories tall, excuse me, 24 stories tall. They're a thousand feet long. You're landing jets on a ship. Like think about that, right? They house 5,000 people. There's eight different aircraft squadron. There's eight nuclear reactors on a carrier. They have four props that are 32 tons each. Each prop weighs 32 tons.

I mean, these things are 24 feet tall or 24 stories tall, excuse me, 24 stories tall. They're a thousand feet long. You're landing jets on a ship. Like think about that, right? They house 5,000 people. There's eight different aircraft squadron. There's eight nuclear reactors on a carrier. They have four props that are 32 tons each. Each prop weighs 32 tons.

So these things are massive feats of engineering. But think about all the complexity that has to be layered into that to support all of those people and all of those different missions, even down to feeding people. You feed 5,000 people for six months, it's like 5 million meals. It's insane, right? It's insane.

So these things are massive feats of engineering. But think about all the complexity that has to be layered into that to support all of those people and all of those different missions, even down to feeding people. You feed 5,000 people for six months, it's like 5 million meals. It's insane, right? It's insane.

So these things are massive feats of engineering. But think about all the complexity that has to be layered into that to support all of those people and all of those different missions, even down to feeding people. You feed 5,000 people for six months, it's like 5 million meals. It's insane, right? It's insane.

Now, take all that out and all you have is a ship, some engines, sensors, payload, and a computer.

Now, take all that out and all you have is a ship, some engines, sensors, payload, and a computer.

Now, take all that out and all you have is a ship, some engines, sensors, payload, and a computer.

I went under the water by the end of the year. Wow, right? We have an eight or nine month development cycle. Like that's, and that's on our first prototype. We're trying to get this down to weeks and then have multiple production lines. We want to be able to build hundreds of autonomous ships every year. Like that's, that's our vision.

I went under the water by the end of the year. Wow, right? We have an eight or nine month development cycle. Like that's, and that's on our first prototype. We're trying to get this down to weeks and then have multiple production lines. We want to be able to build hundreds of autonomous ships every year. Like that's, that's our vision.

I went under the water by the end of the year. Wow, right? We have an eight or nine month development cycle. Like that's, and that's on our first prototype. We're trying to get this down to weeks and then have multiple production lines. We want to be able to build hundreds of autonomous ships every year. Like that's, that's our vision.

And so, and how we're doing that is, so we have a site in Franklin, Louisiana. We acquired a shipyard. Phenomenal shipyard. We're gonna invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next three or four years into that shipyard to scale capacity there. And we're gonna be able to build, we're targeting 50 a year at that shipyard. Which in and of itself is this massive step up.

And so, and how we're doing that is, so we have a site in Franklin, Louisiana. We acquired a shipyard. Phenomenal shipyard. We're gonna invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next three or four years into that shipyard to scale capacity there. And we're gonna be able to build, we're targeting 50 a year at that shipyard. Which in and of itself is this massive step up.

And so, and how we're doing that is, so we have a site in Franklin, Louisiana. We acquired a shipyard. Phenomenal shipyard. We're gonna invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next three or four years into that shipyard to scale capacity there. And we're gonna be able to build, we're targeting 50 a year at that shipyard. Which in and of itself is this massive step up.

I mean, we just talked 2023 was a net negative four. Net negative. And we built nine ships the whole year. You know, we have a plan to retire 19 over the next 24 months. So we keep going down. And the United States, this is an interesting thing. So the United States has 296 ships in its fleet. We were actually passed by the Chinese four years ago in terms of fleet count. We have a stated goal.

I mean, we just talked 2023 was a net negative four. Net negative. And we built nine ships the whole year. You know, we have a plan to retire 19 over the next 24 months. So we keep going down. And the United States, this is an interesting thing. So the United States has 296 ships in its fleet. We were actually passed by the Chinese four years ago in terms of fleet count. We have a stated goal.

I mean, we just talked 2023 was a net negative four. Net negative. And we built nine ships the whole year. You know, we have a plan to retire 19 over the next 24 months. So we keep going down. And the United States, this is an interesting thing. So the United States has 296 ships in its fleet. We were actually passed by the Chinese four years ago in terms of fleet count. We have a stated goal.