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Expanding US Rare Earths Supply Chain
President Donald Trump announced a rare earths deal with Australia during a White House meeting. Rob Thummel, senior portfolio manager at Tortoise Capital, discusses how the deal could impact markets and why investing in utilities and the underlying infrastructure for AI is a winning bet. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” ——– Like this…
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Divergent Targets Faster, Cheaper Defense Production
Divergent CEO Lukas Czinger says advanced manufacturing can help the Pentagon build weapons faster, cheaper and at far greater scale. Working with Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and other defense contractors, Divergent uses technologies including 3D printing to move from engineering inputs to flight-ready hardware in under three months. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”…
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Lockheed Taps OpenAI to Solve F-35 Challenges
Lockheed Martin is taking a model-agnostic approach to AI, using 55 different large language models across its business while applying the technology to everything from internal operations to autonomous weapons systems. SVP of Technology and Strategic Innovation Sarah Hiza discusses how Lockheed tests AI before deploying it, the growing role of autonomy and crewed-uncrewed teaming,…
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Bloomberg Defense Tech Special
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow is live from Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin’s advanced aircraft development facility in Southern California. Lockheed Martin’s OJ Sanchez and Sarah Hiza weigh in on the company’s road to innovation in the defense tech space, Fortem CEO Jon Gruen discusses the drone warfare landscape, and Divergent CEO Lukas Czinger explains how the startup…
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@dedenisty
October 21, 2025 at 5:46 pm
Despite the name, rare earths aren’t actually rare, they’re common. The problem is the refining process, which relies on Chinese technology 😅
@daShadoSage
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 pm
Nothing China is doing can not be reproduced. No one has needed to or tried until now. And please don’t bring up patents. US and others can do what China has done if needed, hire away experts at large contracts and reproduce the tech under national security concerns. China can try to sue at the Word Trade or International Court… whose rulings they often ignore