Matthew George

$MRLN - Building the next great American aerospace prime.

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

Two days, two big milestones. Today we announced that U.S. Africa Command picked Merlin to demonstrate autonomous casualty evacuation in remote locations, one of the most important missions there is. Together, these announcements show exactly what we’re building and why: a single autonomy core that can fly completely different missions on totally different aircraft.

https://t.co/nMub7RHdxs

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

https://t.co/F4BEnuS6Pe

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

@jordanbramble will start reading up

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

There’s a lot of work ahead, but this is a big step. Onwards!

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

We’re proud to announce a milestone task order for Merlin to begin the process of integrating onto the C-130J.

[Merlin @MerlinAero]

Merlin has been awarded an $8.9 million task order to advance our C-130J autonomy program with @USSOCOM from design into integration.

Following the completion of PDR and CDR, this next phase includes system integration, ground test preparation, cybersecurity approval, and airworthiness acceptance, with human factors evaluations, failure mode testing, and simulated flight-test dry runs to verify system behavior and readiness ahead of flight demonstrations.

Read more in our press release. https://t.co/0bPtemupLQ

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

If we solve for autonomy, particularly on large operational aircraft, we shift the way that the US can project airpower and keep the men and women flying those aircraft safe.

[Matt Grimm @mttgrmm]

GFY

Propaganda bullshit. Expected, I suppose, from a Nashi propagandist.

I have 3 miniature humans that aren't my hobby - they're my entire raison d'être. To say nothing of my delightful wife that I greatly enjoy spending as much time with as possible.

Every single late night at the office, business dinner, investor event/retreat, trip to a supplier, visit to a customer, etc is a direct trade-off against my being an involved and present father (and husband). It's a difficult balance! And yet I've done it.

The real talk side of the "hustle culture" bullshit that nobody talks about is how your work output falls off a cliff around ~60 hours. Maybe a bit more if you're super young, but I doubt it. In most cases, that 80th hour at your desk is performative - it's theater.

Balanced lives (whether it's raising kids, sailing, tinkering on hobby cars, fitness, whatever) directly lead to balanced thinking and a FAR more sustainable lifestyle than "all work no play."

And, more importantly, it models for your employees that balance is actually good for output, morale, retention, etc.

Building big, impactful companies is a marathon. An ultra marathon. 10 years of marathons back to back. Your mind (and body) do need to actually rest and restore, or else you burn out. Fact of life.

Nonsense claims like this are propaganda from the (typically) VC crowd who want to see MOAR HOURS as if that makes PMF happen, under the misguided belief that hours in linearly equals company value out.

Have hobbies. Have kids. Take a vacation with your partner. And also work hard to build your company. The balance is difficult to find, but very doable.

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

@WillManidis I'm getting a "pastiche of martyrdom" tattoo

[🚀conspiracy_slayer🌕 @conspiracyslyr]

RS-25 pathfinder engine inside the VAB

(Jared for scale)

[Jordan Bramble @jordanbramble]

Now that Mark-1 NSDA is approved, it's time to share an update. Our roadmap has stayed remarkably consistent for years: test at full power, with commercially relevant power conversion (Brayton cycle), for months at a time. We remain on track for 2027!
https://t.co/dbAg29GRXI

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

@DocS61 @1MoreSmithHere @MerlinAero @YorkerTweets @NASA ugh **ramp

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

@DocS61 @1MoreSmithHere @MerlinAero @YorkerTweets @NASA Will try to post pictures - yes, the concept that we are showing a (full size!) mock up of this week is camp capable and squats using jacks. It's pretty neat. Will see if someone can get some pictures of this for you.

[Anthrax @Anthrax_InAus]

Clearly we should interpret the US midterm elections as the electorate preferring EMALS catapults for their aircraft carriers and not steam catapults

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

@brad_rothenberg cc @Eduardo3rd who's doing incredible work here with being able to inspect physical things

[Matthew George @NotMattGeorge]

@brad_rothenberg massively cool. do you see someone replacing matlab/simulink some day here with a model first approach?

[Merlin @MerlinAero]

To build a pilot that can fly anything, you have to train it on everything.

Autonomy for any aircraft.