WEBVTT 00:15.380 --> 00:17.547 Mofadi , thank you so much . Thank you 00:17.547 --> 00:19.102 so much for that incredible 00:19.102 --> 00:20.991 introduction . Thank you both for 00:20.991 --> 00:23.047 welcoming us here to your incredible 00:23.047 --> 00:23.020 facility . How are we doing today , 00:23.139 --> 00:23.799 Patriots ? 00:28.129 --> 00:30.185 You know , it always works the other 00:30.185 --> 00:32.296 way . I come here to motivate you and 00:32.296 --> 00:34.240 you end up motivating us . Uh , on 00:34.240 --> 00:36.351 behalf of the entire War Department , 00:36.351 --> 00:38.518 we came here with a simple message for 00:38.518 --> 00:40.685 all of you . Thank you for what you're 00:40.685 --> 00:42.851 doing . Thank you for having the backs 00:42.851 --> 00:44.851 of our warfighters , of the men and 00:44.851 --> 00:47.073 women who ruthlessly defend our freedom 00:47.073 --> 00:49.250 every single day . Because what you're 00:49.250 --> 00:52.009 building right here on this factory 00:52.009 --> 00:53.842 floor with your own two hands is 00:53.842 --> 00:57.250 critical to the 21st century arsenal of 00:57.250 --> 00:59.472 freedom . You are the Patriots ensuring 00:59.472 --> 01:03.069 our warriors are never in a fair fight . 01:03.330 --> 01:05.274 You give them the tools to project 01:05.274 --> 01:08.089 absolute lethality against the enemy 01:08.089 --> 01:10.650 wherever they are and whenever we need 01:10.650 --> 01:13.919 to . We cannot do this without you . 01:15.059 --> 01:17.059 Out of code and composites , you've 01:17.059 --> 01:19.980 built an incredible spacecraft . The 01:19.980 --> 01:22.147 Wright brothers' first flight was just 01:22.147 --> 01:25.019 a little over a century ago . What on 01:25.019 --> 01:28.019 earth would they make of this ? How 01:28.019 --> 01:30.241 could this be possible , they would say 01:30.241 --> 01:32.352 in such a short amount of time . I'll 01:32.352 --> 01:34.463 tell you through pure , unadulterated 01:34.463 --> 01:36.519 American ingenuity and competition . 01:36.650 --> 01:38.761 Through the blood , sweat , and tears 01:38.761 --> 01:40.928 of the best workforce in the world and 01:40.928 --> 01:43.050 the best workforce in human history . 01:43.529 --> 01:45.730 American software engineers , assembly 01:45.730 --> 01:48.330 mechanics , innovators of all kinds 01:48.330 --> 01:50.163 working to deliver peace through 01:50.163 --> 01:52.180 strength on behalf of their fellow 01:52.370 --> 01:54.426 citizens . Because for generations , 01:54.849 --> 01:57.169 the battle was fought on land , in the 01:57.169 --> 02:00.980 air , and subsea . But today , 02:01.059 --> 02:03.170 the ultimate high ground , the single 02:03.170 --> 02:05.059 most decisive battlefield of this 02:05.059 --> 02:07.170 century , and the centuries to come , 02:07.300 --> 02:10.160 is hundreds of miles above our heads . 02:11.179 --> 02:13.290 Make no mistake , the fight for space 02:13.290 --> 02:15.539 is the fight for the future of the 02:15.539 --> 02:18.520 world as we know it . And right here in 02:18.520 --> 02:20.679 Colorado , in the heart of America , 02:20.800 --> 02:23.320 you are forging the instruments of 02:23.320 --> 02:26.619 absolute and unquestioned American 02:27.160 --> 02:29.360 space dominance , which is what we 02:29.360 --> 02:31.479 require . You , the builders , the 02:31.479 --> 02:33.639 engineers , the technicians of Sierra 02:33.639 --> 02:36.039 Space are writing the next chapter of 02:36.039 --> 02:38.690 American Power . And that , that 02:38.690 --> 02:40.690 mission comes with a non-negotiable 02:40.690 --> 02:42.857 mandate from the Department of War and 02:42.857 --> 02:45.929 from President Trump to build more and 02:45.929 --> 02:49.050 build faster , to cut red tape and to 02:49.050 --> 02:51.929 invest upfront . Because unlike this 02:51.929 --> 02:54.040 company , and for far too long , much 02:54.040 --> 02:57.250 in Washington DC DC , especially in 02:57.250 --> 02:59.361 some ways in the aerospace industry , 02:59.361 --> 03:02.960 it's a giant swamp . A cozy club of 03:02.960 --> 03:05.520 bloated over-budget prime contractors 03:05.520 --> 03:08.559 who got rich by failing the American 03:08.559 --> 03:11.600 people and our warfighters . They moved 03:11.600 --> 03:14.440 at a snail's pace , led by CEOs who 03:14.440 --> 03:16.496 cared more about their stock options 03:16.679 --> 03:18.800 and golden parachutes than about 03:18.800 --> 03:21.022 delivering for the men and women on the 03:21.022 --> 03:24.399 front lines . They got slow , they got 03:24.399 --> 03:26.660 comfortable , and they got fat , 03:27.119 --> 03:29.539 selling us yesterday's technology 03:30.039 --> 03:33.089 tomorrow . For decades before President 03:33.089 --> 03:35.311 Trump , we were betrayed by a corrupt , 03:35.600 --> 03:38.309 self-serving bipartisan consensus in 03:38.309 --> 03:40.669 Washington . A globalist , so-called 03:40.669 --> 03:43.929 elite who told us that it was progress 03:44.289 --> 03:46.345 to gut your industrial heartland and 03:46.345 --> 03:48.690 ship our factories and jobs overseas . 03:49.630 --> 03:51.686 While they shipped their champagne , 03:51.686 --> 03:54.429 champagne in Davos , they lectured you 03:54.429 --> 03:56.750 and me , the American workers , that 03:56.750 --> 03:58.861 American manufacturing was a thing of 03:58.861 --> 04:01.083 the past . They told us that the global 04:01.083 --> 04:03.139 community , where we depended on our 04:03.139 --> 04:05.429 adversaries as the very parts that 04:05.429 --> 04:08.070 fueled our military was somehow to our 04:08.070 --> 04:10.949 benefit . The so-called experts in 04:10.949 --> 04:13.060 their ivory towers and the scribblers 04:13.060 --> 04:15.171 at the Wall Street Journal , all read 04:15.171 --> 04:17.790 from the same script . Outsourcing is 04:17.790 --> 04:21.410 the future , they proclaimed . Let them 04:21.410 --> 04:23.799 tell that to the workers and the 04:23.799 --> 04:26.309 patriots of Sierra space . 04:37.609 --> 04:39.831 Let them say that to the machinists who 04:39.831 --> 04:41.998 shaped metal with American hands . Let 04:41.998 --> 04:44.053 them say that to the technicians who 04:44.053 --> 04:45.942 wire the complex machines for our 04:45.942 --> 04:47.942 arsenal of freedom , like the Dream 04:47.942 --> 04:49.942 Chaser , the Life Habitat , and the 04:49.942 --> 04:52.579 Vortex Engine . The critical satellites 04:52.579 --> 04:54.746 that serve as the eyes and ears in the 04:54.746 --> 04:57.429 cosmos . Let them say that to the 04:57.429 --> 04:59.540 programmers and the engineers who are 04:59.540 --> 05:01.429 outthinking and outbuilding every 05:01.429 --> 05:04.309 competitor on Earth . You are not here 05:04.309 --> 05:07.679 shuffling paper for Wall Street . You 05:07.679 --> 05:09.901 are here on this factory floor building 05:09.901 --> 05:12.160 the very machines that will guarantee 05:12.160 --> 05:15.160 our nation's survival for your kids and 05:15.160 --> 05:16.480 grandkids and mine . 05:26.429 --> 05:28.790 You are living , breathing proof that 05:28.790 --> 05:31.869 the globalist lie was just that , a lie . 05:32.619 --> 05:34.841 You prove every single day that when we 05:34.841 --> 05:36.841 unleash American industry , when we 05:36.841 --> 05:40.290 finally unleash our raw , competitive , 05:40.500 --> 05:43.480 patriotic spirit , America always 05:44.019 --> 05:46.859 wins . When we compete , we win . When 05:46.859 --> 05:49.739 we innovate , we win . If we go fast , 05:50.089 --> 05:52.420 we win . And that is the bedrock 05:52.420 --> 05:54.531 principle of our War Department under 05:54.531 --> 05:57.029 President Trump . We are in , make no 05:57.029 --> 05:59.959 mistake about it . Our job is to be in 05:59.959 --> 06:02.950 an ongoing , never-ending war of 06:02.950 --> 06:05.470 attrition against the Pentagon 06:05.470 --> 06:09.350 bureaucracy to unleash you so that you 06:09.350 --> 06:12.019 can unleash our warfighters . No more 06:12.019 --> 06:12.809 excuses . 06:21.769 --> 06:24.102 I've told our staff right here , I said , 06:24.102 --> 06:26.158 we are in a war of attrition against 06:26.158 --> 06:28.102 our own bureaucracy for the next 3 06:28.102 --> 06:30.325 years and we intend to win it . We will 06:30.325 --> 06:32.547 outwork them every single day . No more 06:32.547 --> 06:34.436 delays , no more allowing wealthy 06:34.436 --> 06:36.436 executives to line up their pockets 06:36.436 --> 06:38.658 with stock buybacks . While the factory 06:38.658 --> 06:40.825 floor crumbles , and our warriors wait 06:40.825 --> 06:42.936 for the tools that they need . We are 06:42.936 --> 06:45.047 done sacrificing our industrial power 06:45.047 --> 06:46.880 and national sovereignty for the 06:46.880 --> 06:49.535 profits , for the profits of a tiny 06:49.535 --> 06:52.640 disconnected elite in Washington . We 06:52.640 --> 06:54.920 are equipping our warriors for the 06:54.920 --> 06:57.959 future , right here , right now , with 06:57.959 --> 07:00.839 parts made in the USA and we're doing 07:00.839 --> 07:03.380 it at light speed . You see , President 07:03.380 --> 07:05.602 Trump's entire agenda is built on a few 07:05.602 --> 07:07.547 core common sense principles . The 07:07.547 --> 07:11.299 first is America's America and 07:11.299 --> 07:14.660 Americans first . And that means we 07:14.660 --> 07:17.380 protect your jobs , your security , and 07:17.380 --> 07:19.899 your family's future , before we think 07:19.899 --> 07:22.100 about any foreign country or globalist 07:22.100 --> 07:25.010 peacekeeping project . We invest in 07:25.010 --> 07:28.769 factories in Colorado , not in China . 07:29.660 --> 07:32.100 It means American strength is forged by 07:32.100 --> 07:34.459 American steel and built by American 07:34.459 --> 07:37.470 workers , full stop . And let's be 07:37.470 --> 07:39.470 honest , what it means for you . It 07:39.470 --> 07:41.748 should mean more money in your pockets , 07:41.748 --> 07:44.049 higher wages , a better , more 07:44.049 --> 07:46.869 affordable life . The golden age of 07:46.869 --> 07:49.091 American manufacturing demands that the 07:49.091 --> 07:51.910 patriots who build it share in that 07:51.910 --> 07:54.589 very same prosperity . We're talking 07:54.589 --> 07:56.829 about real competitive compensation 07:56.829 --> 07:58.996 that creates a better life for you and 07:58.996 --> 08:01.109 your family today , and a more secure 08:01.109 --> 08:03.459 future for our children tomorrow . 08:04.399 --> 08:06.510 President Trump's second principle is 08:06.510 --> 08:08.510 peace through strength . At the War 08:08.510 --> 08:10.399 Department , that's our job , the 08:10.399 --> 08:12.769 strength department . Our goal is 08:12.769 --> 08:15.489 deterrence , so , so absolute that our 08:15.489 --> 08:17.711 adversaries tremble at the very thought 08:17.711 --> 08:21.089 of even challenging us . And space is 08:21.089 --> 08:23.329 the ultimate arena where that strength 08:23.329 --> 08:26.070 will be proven . All of the time . 08:26.309 --> 08:28.309 Whoever controls space controls the 08:28.309 --> 08:30.410 fight . It's that simple . And 08:30.410 --> 08:32.410 President Trump's announcement of a 08:32.410 --> 08:34.188 $1.5 trillion investment in our 08:34.188 --> 08:38.169 national security for 2027 sent a shock 08:38.169 --> 08:40.336 wave around the world . No , we're not 08:40.336 --> 08:42.729 messing around . We will spend every 08:42.729 --> 08:45.320 dime of it wisely . And we're already 08:45.320 --> 08:47.840 doing so . And as I'm sure many of you 08:47.840 --> 08:50.062 have already heard , even before that , 08:50.062 --> 08:52.062 the one big beautiful bill provides 08:52.062 --> 08:54.118 unprecedented billions of dollars in 08:54.118 --> 08:56.739 investments in America's military space 08:57.219 --> 08:59.119 capabilities , sending the demand 08:59.119 --> 09:02.559 signal industry needs to see that we 09:02.559 --> 09:04.700 are investing and investing big . 09:05.679 --> 09:07.735 Speaking of which , I want to take a 09:07.735 --> 09:09.846 moment to recognize two of Colorado's 09:09.846 --> 09:12.068 finest joining us today who helped make 09:12.068 --> 09:14.123 this stuff possible . Representative 09:14.123 --> 09:15.735 Jeff Crank of Colorado's 5th 09:15.735 --> 09:19.599 Congressional District . Thank 09:19.599 --> 09:23.130 you . And Representative 09:23.130 --> 09:25.380 Lauren Bobert of Colorado's 4th 09:25.380 --> 09:27.602 Congressional District . Lauren , thank 09:27.602 --> 09:27.020 you . 09:33.030 --> 09:35.086 We need that support in Congress and 09:35.086 --> 09:37.086 they're there . We appreciate their 09:37.086 --> 09:39.141 support and work in getting that one 09:39.141 --> 09:41.252 big beautiful bill to the president's 09:41.252 --> 09:43.419 desk for signature . Because with that 09:43.419 --> 09:45.474 signature came a massive $25 billion 09:45.474 --> 09:47.989 down payment on the Golden Dome for 09:47.989 --> 09:50.950 America , a revolutionary shield of 09:50.950 --> 09:53.429 space-based weapons and sensors , a 09:53.429 --> 09:56.239 vigilant constellation of next 09:56.239 --> 09:58.429 generation sensors and satellites that 09:58.429 --> 10:00.989 will see every threat from every corner 10:00.989 --> 10:03.799 of the globe . Paired with a network of 10:03.799 --> 10:05.688 space-based interceptors ready to 10:05.688 --> 10:08.000 neutralize any ballistic missile , any 10:08.000 --> 10:10.729 hypersonic weapon , any drone long 10:10.729 --> 10:12.673 before it threatens our homeland . 10:13.419 --> 10:15.580 That's how we establish complete and 10:15.580 --> 10:18.700 total orbital supremacy . That's how we 10:18.700 --> 10:21.020 guarantee the safety and security of 10:21.020 --> 10:23.187 the American people for generations to 10:23.187 --> 10:26.219 come . And we will continue to look for 10:26.219 --> 10:28.108 partners who can deliver the most 10:28.108 --> 10:30.380 advanced space infrastructure and 10:30.380 --> 10:33.250 deliver it fast . Capabilities like the 10:33.250 --> 10:36.500 ones you are building right here as we 10:36.500 --> 10:38.859 speak . Because we cannot afford to 10:38.859 --> 10:42.299 have a fair fight in space . I'm not 10:42.299 --> 10:45.919 interested in orbital equity . Or 10:45.919 --> 10:49.099 orbital parity . We want and we demand 10:49.710 --> 10:52.940 orbital and American dominance , plain 10:52.940 --> 10:53.679 and simple . 11:02.400 --> 11:06.150 Hm Our job is to provide 11:06.530 --> 11:09.250 that hammer . Sometimes at midnight . 11:15.169 --> 11:17.336 And if deterrence fails and we have to 11:17.336 --> 11:19.558 fight , then we're gonna fight to win . 11:19.558 --> 11:21.502 And will fight overwhelmingly with 11:21.502 --> 11:23.280 absolute resolve , which is pun 11:23.280 --> 11:26.419 intended . President Trump's 3rd 11:26.419 --> 11:29.809 principle . It's just raw common sense . 11:30.190 --> 11:32.246 Common sense tells us that we cannot 11:32.246 --> 11:34.134 project power from a hollowed-out 11:34.134 --> 11:36.357 industrial base . Common sense tells us 11:36.357 --> 11:39.390 that our unity is our strength , not 11:39.390 --> 11:42.150 what our faces look like . Common sense 11:42.150 --> 11:44.372 tells us that in order to win , we must 11:44.372 --> 11:46.594 unleash our warfighters with the lethal 11:46.594 --> 11:50.380 tools that only you can build . And 11:50.380 --> 11:52.380 that's why we're on this Arsenal of 11:52.380 --> 11:54.547 Freedom tour . We're sending a clear , 11:54.669 --> 11:57.450 sustained demand signal to American 11:57.450 --> 11:59.561 industry that we want the best and we 11:59.561 --> 12:02.049 need it yesterday . That the era of 12:02.049 --> 12:05.309 weakness is over . The disastrous 12:05.309 --> 12:07.130 retreat from Afghanistan , the 12:07.130 --> 12:09.510 preventable war in Ukraine , the 12:09.510 --> 12:11.732 invasion of our southern border , those 12:11.732 --> 12:14.849 days are gone . From day one of the 12:14.849 --> 12:16.571 Trump administration , the War 12:16.571 --> 12:18.682 Department reestablished deterrence , 12:18.682 --> 12:20.682 and our enemies have learned a hard 12:20.682 --> 12:23.010 lesson . If you challenge the United 12:23.010 --> 12:25.729 States of America , you will pay a 12:25.729 --> 12:29.099 terrible price . As President Trump has 12:29.099 --> 12:32.059 said , if you mess around with us , if 12:32.059 --> 12:34.226 you want to try to do something bad to 12:34.226 --> 12:36.460 us , we're gonna do things to you that 12:36.460 --> 12:39.780 you have never felt before , end quote . 12:40.609 --> 12:43.409 Maduro found that out just last month . 12:43.809 --> 12:46.830 A raid so sophisticated , so audacious , 12:47.530 --> 12:49.809 that no other military in on earth 12:49.809 --> 12:51.976 could even dream of accomplishing it . 12:52.950 --> 12:54.783 President Trump has restored our 12:54.783 --> 12:56.672 nation's unique power , and it is 12:56.672 --> 12:59.530 rooted in the types of capabilities 12:59.530 --> 13:03.020 that only you can build . Because none 13:03.020 --> 13:05.260 of this is possible without the talent 13:05.260 --> 13:07.940 and precision that begins on factory 13:07.940 --> 13:10.299 floors , just like this one . You are 13:10.299 --> 13:12.979 the Patriots who pour your sweat and 13:12.979 --> 13:15.580 your genius into the systems that give 13:15.580 --> 13:17.659 us the overwhelming soul crushing 13:17.659 --> 13:20.549 advantage over our enemies . But it's 13:20.549 --> 13:23.369 still not fast enough . Trust me , I 13:23.369 --> 13:25.313 hear about it from President Trump 13:25.313 --> 13:27.313 every time I'm in the Oval Office . 13:27.313 --> 13:29.760 He'd go faster . Come on . 13:31.260 --> 13:33.149 So under President Trump , we are 13:33.149 --> 13:35.204 lighting a fire under the old way of 13:35.204 --> 13:37.204 doing business . We're flipping the 13:37.204 --> 13:39.539 status quo on its head . Urgency is our 13:39.539 --> 13:43.059 new currency , speed , efficiency , and 13:43.059 --> 13:45.500 ferocious competition . We're holding 13:45.500 --> 13:47.444 the big defense contractors to the 13:47.444 --> 13:49.700 highest possible standard just as we do 13:49.700 --> 13:51.969 our warfighters . President Trump's 13:51.969 --> 13:54.169 executive order on January 7th put an 13:54.169 --> 13:57.960 end to the excuses . No more monopolies . 13:58.400 --> 14:00.233 No more waiting 15 years for the 14:00.233 --> 14:02.344 perfect solution that never arrives . 14:02.479 --> 14:04.479 No more egregious executive bonuses 14:04.479 --> 14:06.701 while falling behind on your projects . 14:06.979 --> 14:09.359 No more prioritizing Wall Street over 14:09.359 --> 14:11.359 the warfighter . The companies we 14:11.359 --> 14:14.200 invest in must invest in themselves and 14:14.200 --> 14:16.840 put their workers and warriors first . 14:27.909 --> 14:30.076 That's how you build an actual arsenal 14:30.076 --> 14:32.242 of freedom . And I'm looking out at an 14:32.242 --> 14:34.465 audience out here that lives the spirit 14:34.465 --> 14:36.465 of that executive order every day . 14:36.465 --> 14:38.353 Patriots committed to the highest 14:38.353 --> 14:40.465 standard . Patriots committed to made 14:40.465 --> 14:42.465 in America , because in the end , I 14:42.465 --> 14:44.687 ultimately don't care what company name 14:44.687 --> 14:46.798 is on the side of satellites , on the 14:46.798 --> 14:48.798 side of engines , or on the side of 14:48.798 --> 14:50.798 spaceplanes . The only thing we ask 14:50.798 --> 14:53.429 ourselves is , is it the best ? Can it 14:53.429 --> 14:56.890 scale , and can we scale it fast enough ? 14:57.780 --> 14:59.947 And I'm here to tell you today that if 14:59.947 --> 15:02.058 you build the best , if you build the 15:02.058 --> 15:03.836 fastest , and that cost for the 15:03.836 --> 15:06.002 American taxpayer , you're gonna win . 15:06.710 --> 15:09.109 If you don't , then I'll make sure you 15:09.109 --> 15:11.929 lose . That is the promise of President 15:11.929 --> 15:13.770 Trump's War Department . I'm not 15:13.770 --> 15:15.890 invested in a single company . Don't 15:15.890 --> 15:18.112 care . Don't care who wins . It doesn't 15:18.112 --> 15:20.223 matter how many lobbyists you have or 15:20.223 --> 15:22.446 accountants you have in Washington . We 15:22.446 --> 15:24.501 will evaluate , open the aperture so 15:24.501 --> 15:26.557 that everyone can compete , not just 15:26.557 --> 15:28.723 the ones that have been sitting at the 15:28.723 --> 15:28.559 trough for the Pentagon for decades . 15:28.969 --> 15:31.429 Everyone has an opportunity to compete 15:31.530 --> 15:34.359 so that we can get the best and your 15:34.359 --> 15:35.526 leadership gets it . 15:44.890 --> 15:46.946 Your leadership gets it . It's , and 15:46.946 --> 15:49.001 for the other guys , for some of the 15:49.001 --> 15:51.057 big guys , it's taken them a while , 15:51.057 --> 15:53.168 but they're getting there . They like 15:53.168 --> 15:55.057 you know that this can't be about 15:55.057 --> 15:56.890 dividends . It's got to be about 15:56.890 --> 15:58.834 dominance . Sierra Space took that 15:58.834 --> 16:01.112 demand signal for speed and innovation , 16:01.112 --> 16:03.168 and you are running with it . And we 16:03.168 --> 16:05.223 appreciate that . I said it once and 16:05.223 --> 16:07.390 I'll say it again . We're here because 16:07.390 --> 16:09.557 of you , because of the best workforce 16:09.557 --> 16:12.250 in the world . Innovators , builders , 16:12.849 --> 16:16.010 problem solvers , helmets , and hard 16:16.010 --> 16:18.121 hats . In all of these events , we've 16:18.121 --> 16:20.343 got uniformed members somewhere usually 16:20.343 --> 16:22.566 near the front , and I like to think of 16:22.566 --> 16:24.454 the visual that way . You got our 16:24.454 --> 16:26.621 warfighters across all services in the 16:26.621 --> 16:28.788 front , and they're leading the charge 16:28.788 --> 16:30.788 with the exquisite systems that you 16:30.788 --> 16:32.843 provide . But behind them are all of 16:32.843 --> 16:35.200 you in black t-shirts , all of you in 16:35.200 --> 16:37.440 hard hats , all of you having their 16:37.440 --> 16:39.496 back , investing in the capabilities 16:39.496 --> 16:42.869 that they need on the front lines . So 16:42.869 --> 16:45.239 our message to every company , this one , 16:45.359 --> 16:47.415 and every company in America , large 16:47.415 --> 16:50.619 and small , is join us . Go fast , take 16:50.619 --> 16:53.460 risks . Today , the president demands 16:53.460 --> 16:56.859 that you invest in your plants and your 16:56.859 --> 16:59.270 people . And that your war our 16:59.270 --> 17:01.440 warfighters have what they need when 17:01.440 --> 17:03.619 they need it . So we're committed to 17:03.619 --> 17:05.897 standing shoulder to shoulder with you . 17:06.020 --> 17:07.798 Because we can't deter the next 17:07.798 --> 17:09.576 conflict , a conflict that will 17:09.576 --> 17:11.798 ultimately be won by the final frontier 17:11.798 --> 17:14.089 of space without the skill , the grit , 17:14.180 --> 17:16.291 and the patriotism that I know exists 17:16.291 --> 17:18.900 in this room , Built right here at 17:18.900 --> 17:22.189 Sierra Space by all of you . The 17:22.189 --> 17:24.245 systems you build are more than just 17:24.245 --> 17:26.930 complex hardware and software , they 17:27.430 --> 17:30.739 are a promise . A promise to every 17:30.739 --> 17:33.979 soldier , every sailor , every airman , 17:34.020 --> 17:36.187 marine , and guardian , that they will 17:36.187 --> 17:38.560 always have the ultimate high ground . 17:39.709 --> 17:41.709 You know , after Operation Absolute 17:41.709 --> 17:43.969 Resolve was completed , the world 17:43.969 --> 17:45.989 marveled at the accomplishment . 17:47.050 --> 17:49.217 Grabbing an indicted individual out of 17:49.217 --> 17:51.272 the most fortified house in the most 17:51.272 --> 17:53.217 fortified compound inside the most 17:53.217 --> 17:56.250 fortified base inside the capital city 17:56.250 --> 17:58.306 halfway around our hemisphere in the 17:58.306 --> 18:00.361 middle of the night before they even 18:00.361 --> 18:02.583 knew we were there . Something no other 18:02.583 --> 18:04.694 country could do . And I , I remember 18:04.694 --> 18:04.250 sitting at the podium the next morning 18:04.250 --> 18:06.530 with the president and others , and I 18:06.530 --> 18:08.586 couldn't , could help but just say , 18:08.586 --> 18:10.808 you've just witnessed the guts , grit , 18:10.808 --> 18:13.930 gallantry and glory of the American 18:13.930 --> 18:16.520 warrior . They came back home . They 18:16.520 --> 18:19.069 did something incredible . They came 18:19.069 --> 18:22.810 back safe . And what protected them , 18:23.180 --> 18:25.402 and what gave them the information they 18:25.402 --> 18:28.020 needed was American dominance from 18:28.020 --> 18:31.119 above . The kind of dominance you are 18:31.119 --> 18:35.010 building . In America and by Americans . 18:36.040 --> 18:38.262 And when President Trump spoke over the 18:38.262 --> 18:40.262 radio to the warriors who went down 18:40.262 --> 18:42.800 there to Caracas , he said over the 18:42.800 --> 18:45.089 radio , good luck , men , and Godspeed . 18:46.079 --> 18:48.357 And I know that you make your own luck . 18:49.449 --> 18:51.859 Great at what you do But I wish you 18:51.859 --> 18:54.939 Godspeed as well , because we need the 18:54.939 --> 18:58.010 skills that you're honing here . Our 18:58.010 --> 18:59.732 job is to ensure that you have 18:59.732 --> 19:01.843 everything you need in that process . 19:01.843 --> 19:04.010 Again , a war of attrition against the 19:04.010 --> 19:06.177 bureaucracy that opens up the aperture 19:06.177 --> 19:08.399 so that everyone can compete . Then the 19:08.399 --> 19:10.399 ball is fully in your court . We're 19:10.399 --> 19:13.680 here to serve you . You're here to 19:13.680 --> 19:16.280 serve the troops . And if we get that 19:16.280 --> 19:18.599 right , they get what they need to 19:18.599 --> 19:20.959 deter . And if they need to fight , 19:21.160 --> 19:24.060 they get what they need to fight to win , 19:24.439 --> 19:26.439 which is what the War Department is 19:26.439 --> 19:27.439 focused on . 19:39.290 --> 19:41.623 So back to where we started . Thank you . 19:41.680 --> 19:43.791 Thank you for being in the fight with 19:43.791 --> 19:45.958 us , for standing shoulder to shoulder 19:45.958 --> 19:47.680 with us . Keep building , keep 19:47.680 --> 19:50.599 innovating , and go fast . God bless 19:50.599 --> 19:52.543 you and our warriors and our great 19:52.543 --> 19:54.377 republic . Thank you very much . 19:54.377 --> 19:54.760 Appreciate it . Thank you .