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So, we've been working on Port Arthur for a long time now. So, Port Arthur just for the listeners is our shipyard of the future. This is going to bring American ship building back to a place that we haven't seen since World War II.
We're talking to um our allies in Asia, obviously, and Europe, and in the Middle East right now about getting not only our our products there, but also how do we stand up, you know, domestic production in those countries.
we're still using artificial intelligence to bifurcate between an enemy vessel and a friendly vessel, between a non-combatant and a combatant. And people are still making the decisions and setting the mission intent. ... These aren't robots actually just making decisions on when to go to war or not.
We have a shipyard in Franklin, Louisiana. That's where we're building Marada. We're ramping that up to 20 Marada. We can bring that up to 50 Maradas per year every single year.
We're going to start on a 800-acre plot of land, which in and of itself 800 acres is now the largest shipyard in the United States.
So, we've been working on Port Arthur for a long time now. So, Port Arthur just for the listeners is our shipyard of the future. This is going to bring American ship building back to a place that we haven't seen since World War II.
We're talking to um our allies in Asia, obviously, and Europe, and in the Middle East right now about getting not only our our products there, but also how do we stand up, you know, domestic production in those countries.
very very focused on our allies and partners. If you talk to the Department of War, if you talk to the United States Navy, they actually want our allies and partners to have these capabilities as well.
a hundred thousand gross tons the chinese which you were referencing can build 23 million gross tons so they can outbuild the us 230 to one and it wasn't always the case right 30 years ago the chinese didn't have this capability they had five percent of the world's shipbuilding capacity today they have 57 of the world's shipbuilding capacity and actually that problem is getting worse because
the navy actually trusted us in this moment lives are on the line we're going to send this autonomous platform to go and rescue these folks this is not a patrol this is not maritime domain awareness this is the highest stakes of the highest things
the united states can build a hundred thousand gross tons of ships every year gross ton is this volumetric measure of ships so if you build you know a 200 foot ship that's different than an 800 foot ship but let's compare apples to apples a hundred thousand gross tons the chinese which you were referencing can build 23 million gross tons so they can outbuild the us 230 to one
the navy actually trusted us in this moment lives are on the line we're going to send this autonomous platform to go and rescue these folks this is not a patrol this is not maritime domain awareness this is the highest stakes of the highest things