Romaine Bostick

With regards to your operations here in the United States, whether it has to do with the certification, whether it has to do with the shutdown or the broader issues, what are the deliveries, the timeline for deliveries coming out of the plant in Alabama?

I have to ask you about the defense business.

Obviously, that was a bit of a boost for you in the most recent period.

Guillaume, is this a long-term story or a one-off?

All right, Guillaume, really appreciate you taking time for us.

The CEO of Airbus there, Guillaume Foray, on the heels of the earnings just out most recently, but a big focus right now on potential delivery delays.

I am curious, and I like how you quantify the idea of sort of what the economic impact of NASA is.

And I go back to your history, and particularly with some of the things that you've worked on.

You were instrumental, I believe, in working on some of the sundials that went on to a couple of the Mars moves.

Instrumental, see what I mean?

he did there.

I got him.

It's an instrument.

But talk a little bit about it, Bill.

And I'm serious.

I mean, talk a little bit about why that's important for the average person.

Because I think the average person looks at this and just thinks, okay, we're just shooting stuff up into space just for, you know, just for giggles.

Do you think, though, Bill, and I know that the U.S.

has kind of been at the center of the space exploration for decades now.

The U.S.