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[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

Merlin stock surges 30% on defense program milestone $MRLN ✈️

https://t.co/Ez5XC6NSUA

[Merlin @MerlinAero]

Merlin has completed the Critical Design Review for its C-130J autonomy program with @USSOCOM. CDR is the milestone where our government customer reviews the detailed design of the system and accepts it is mature enough to move toward the aircraft. We cleared it.

Learn more about what this milestone means in the press release. https://t.co/Gfkg4jDxqV

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

Don’t be short $MRLN

[Anp🅰️nman @spacanpanman]

$MRLN: 🔥 Real-time short interest at all-time high. Borrow rate high as well 😁

6/3: 4.6M 37%
6/2: 4.2M 37%
6/1: 3.9M 37%
5/29: 3.8M 36%
5/28: 3.6M 38%
5/27: 3.4M 36%
5/26: 3.4M 36%
5/25: 3.3M 37%
5/22: 3.3M 35%
5/21: 3.1M 37%

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

@spacanpanman

[Anp🅰️nman @spacanpanman]

$MRLN: Crossroads Capital Ryan O'Connor Discusses Merlin's US Special Operations Command CDR Approval

Tomorrow June 5th @ 1PM ET / @AboveAvgOdds

https://t.co/ZE0K31RMBo

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

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Will be contributing heavy to it, and manag…

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

$MRLN HITS $10 AFTER HOURS 🚨

Merlin Labs is up 39%+ after hours after announcing a major step forward for its military autonomy program.

The successful Critical Design Review with USSOCOM confirms their autonomous flight architecture meets rigorous standards, unlocking the next phase of aircraft integration and testing for the C-130J platform.

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[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

DVD knows ✅

[DVD @deepvaluedude]

$MRLN
I just bought 20,000 more shares in the AH. MAJOR de-risking event.

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

@ShawarmaCapital 👏

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

@MerlinAero @USSOCOM Keep up the great work 👏

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

Massive de-risking for $MRLN

Keep up the good work @MerlinAero @NotMattGeorge 👏

[Shawarma Capital @ShawarmaCapital]

$MRLN just cleared it with USSOCOM for the C-130J.

Here is exactly what this means and how dramatically it de-risks the thesis.

In military procurement, CDR is the dividing line between a "science project" and a viable product. It means the DoD has rigorously audited Merlin's final design-down to the exact system architecture, software fail-safes, and integration plans-and officially signed off.

From a risk perspective, this is a massive shift:

Technical Risk is Substantially Retired: USSOCOM has formally validated that the Merlin Pilot meets their strict airworthiness and operational standards. The question of "can they engineer a solution that the military accepts?" has been answered with a yes.

The Phase Shift: MRLN is officially off the whiteboard. The mandate is now pure execution: physical hardware integration into the airframe and ground/flight testing.

Revenue Visibility: Clearing this specific hurdle protects and unlocks the next phases of their $105M IDIQ contract.

We aren't talking about SaaS or AI wrappers here. This is hard-tech integration into the most relied-upon transport aircraft in the US military. Passing CDR proves the baseline technology is sound. If the architecture is cleared for the Super Hercules, it creates a scalable, pre-validated blueprint for every other heavy-lift platform in the fleet.

The engineering is validated. The risk profile just fundamentally changed.

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

$MRLN ✈️

In 2023, Merlin Labs was awarded a $105M IDIQ contract by USSOCOM to automate the C-130J Hercules.

The special ops community’s most important aircraft.

Almost nobody on Wall Street is talking about it.

[Merlin FlightClub @MRLNFlightClub]

$MRLN ✈️

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