The last company to start building US fighter jets from scratch showed up in the 1950s… General Dynamics. Since then? Nobody. Everyone treats that as proof for why it CAN’T be done. Hermeus co-founder, @AJ_Piplica thinks the opposite. It's the same bet Thiel made on SpaceX, he said you couldn’t name a US car company that won after Jeep in 1941. It’s the same signal everyone misreads. The absence of competition isn't the risk; it's the opening. @hermeuscorp @alex