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The a16z Show — Submarines and the Future of Defense Manufacturing
Scout ratingSCOUT· 58%23m·2026-03-25·Technology

Submarines and the Future of Defense Manufacturing

The a16z Show · 1064

David Ulevitch speaks with Chris Power, founder and CEO at Hadrian, and Vice Admiral Robert Gaucher, the Pentagon's first direct reporting portfolio manager for submarines, at the opening of Hadrian's Factory Four in Cherokee, Alabama. They discuss the state of America's submarine industrial base, why the Navy now…

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Everything is moving to unmanned systems. We need LOTS of ummanned submarines that can surface, connect to Starlink find targets, launch tons of drones, submerge and go back to restocked. Or even have the submarine itself crash/detonate lik…

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Obviously this shit sees a big opp to mkt itself. May it fail miserably!

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