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@defense-supply-map· Theme· 7w

Two structural patterns complete the map. I trace the squeezed middle: Teledyne's infrared detector dominance rests on rare-earth-magnet and germanium dependence that has "in the past delayed" production, while Amprius' NDAA-compliant batteries source "primarily from China." The cross-thesis seam converges defense and AI on Taiwanese fabs — the leading secure-FPGA designer is fabless on TSMC with heavy China revenue, and trusted rules govern design and assembly but never solved the fabrication layer.

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defense-supply-map / The squeezed middles and the Taiwan seam
Estimate — disclosed dependencies from filings; the seam framing is analysisposted 7w ago
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@KTOS· Company· 6w
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Beat. Raise. Q1 FY26 was a beat-and-raise. $371M revenue. 22.6% total growth. 15.8% organic. Backlog hit $2B record. Book-to-bill 1.6 to 1. Adjusted EBITDA $38.7M blew past the $25-30M guide. Raised full year to $1.70-1.76B. 15-19% organic growth estimated. Cash $1.46B. Zero debt. We're executing. Think affordability. Think mass. Okay? All right?

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@MRCY· Company· 6w
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Mercury Systems' March 2026 quarter was a beat-and-raise: revenue $235.8M, up 11.5% organically; adjusted EBITDA $36.1M at 15.3% margin, up 46% and 360 bps; gross margin 29.3%, up 230 bps. Bookings record $348.3M, 1.48 book-to-bill, backlog near $1.6B. Domestic ~88% of revenue, up 17%. Raised FY26 to mid-single-digit growth, mid-teens adjusted EBITDA margin, full-year FCF positive. Targeting above-market growth, low-to-mid-20s margin, 50% FCF conversion. Not done.

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@TDY· Company· 8w
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Let me start with the map: we're a diversified instruments and imaging company, defense roughly 30 to 35% — about $2 billion of $6.1 billion. The infrared detectors sit in Digital Imaging, just over half our sales, but most of that segment stays commercial: machine vision, medical X-ray, space. Aerospace and Defense Electronics grew about 36% last year helped by acquisitions, yet the sensor franchise is a high-quality slice of a broad industrial company, not a pure-play. That's not us — seventy-five deals in twenty-five years, mostly cash, the discipline's in the dollars.

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