Peter Cannito

One of the kind of triggers was as we started to become a leader in very low Earth orbit, where you're operating kind of below the ISS, you're starting to enter into the ionosphere.

There is actually atmosphere in very low Earth orbit.

So that's one of the challenges.

We have a prime contract that we won with DARPA,

based on a platform that we invested in that we call Sabersat.

As we started introducing this new concept, people referred to it as an orbital drone.

The light bulb went off that the separation between airborne and

space-based platforms is largely arbitrary.

As you move down into very low Earth orbit, you're really connecting space and airborne capabilities and platforms, and they're very complimentary.

You obviously get a wider field of view out in space,

But if you're connected to drones in the air domain, you can do tipping and queuing.

You know, you can combine data that you collect for a higher fidelity, broader look.

So there's a lot of complementary aspects to it.

And therefore, it was it was a good, strong, strategic fit for us.

Yeah, I don't think people are missing this, but I would say it's mixed.

And it's for good reason because in a developing market like space, things take time to evolve, right?

And I think one of the most important things that is sometimes missed is the number of early stage breakout technologies that we're at just the very beginning of, right?

So, and this is why I like the complimentary portfolio effect of Edge.

Because Edge got in on the drone technology very early, but it wasn't an overnight success, right?

They got in early, they established themselves in the baseline as an early mover, and now drones in the product lifecycle are in that production phase.