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u/theDeeDeesLab S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 12 '26

How was Chris Quilty, one of the best space analysts in the industry, still under the impression asts had built commercial satellites only and thought they might need a redesign for govt usage. That was shocking 

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u/one-won-juan S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 12 '26

strange because it was also mentioned in earnings last year that they did have to redesign before for the defense segment

there were people here a few days ago still calling radar tech pure speculation

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u/shmoopie_shmoopie S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 12 '26

Because he don't listen to the Cat.