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[AZ_HighCountry]

I know where that facility is at. Have been to PIA few times for work.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Yeah Davey but I'm not buying that one, ok?

In the dedicated thread, we all know this problem has existed for years. Am about to post one of those "right on cue" articles in a bit.

The ATC antiquated system needing an upgrade, we all can agree.

The issue is what the taxpayers get for the first $12 billion, and who dropped the ball.

Defense Contractor L3Harris Was Behind Upgrade That Led to Ground Stop

The little-known defense giant does a lot of work for the Federal Aviation Administration and owns the equipment for the agency’s telecommunications network.

www.nytimes.com

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

The ATC antiquated system needing an upgrade, we all can agree.

The issue is what the taxpayers get for the first $12 billion, and who dropped the ball.

Defense Contractor L3Harris Was Behind Upgrade That Led to Ground Stop

The little-known defense giant does a lot of work for the Federal Aviation Administration and owns the equipment for the agency’s telecommunications network.

www.nytimes.com

You and your paywall articles.

L3 is upgrading the surveillance network which is separate from the ATC contract awarded to Peraton.

 

[Davey Crockett]

You and your paywall articles.

L3 is upgrading the surveillance network which is separate from the ATC contract awarded to Peraton.

New York Times. Article showed up for me.

Thank you for the info on L3.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Financial Times

https://archive.is/2SyxU

 

[Davey Crockett]

Mother Jones​

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Trump Is Selling Early Access to Social Media Posts. The Gambit Is Starting to Pay Off.​

The president’s media company reported a 200-percent increase in revenue.​

Trump is selling early access to social media posts. The gambit is starting to pay off.

The president's media company reported a 200-percent increase in revenue.

www.motherjones.com

Despite that blockbuster increase, the bad news is that the company’s quarterly revenue was still only $3 million—of which $1.8 million came from the new service. Ad revenue saw a slight uptick but continues to languish at about $1 million per quarter.

Those numbers are, by the metrics of other social media companies, really terrible. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, for instance, reported more than $64 billion in overall revenue in the third quarter.

These days, the company largely exists as a repository for bitcoin—it holds more than 15,000 of them, valued at $1.1 billion—part of a strategy to build value through the rising price of crypto. That strategy worked fairly well until last year’s bitcoin crash, which caused the company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in value. The price of bitcoin has partially recovered since August, helping Trump Media report almost half a billion dollars in additional gains from digital assets.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Trump Media (DJT) Pledges 73% of Its Bitcoin to an Options Program as $1 Billion Note Deadline Nears​

Trump Media's Q3 10-Q shows 11,385 of its roughly 15,649 bitcoin pledged to an options program whose counterparty can reuse the coins, with nearly all the rest backing $1 billion of notes holders can put back Nov. 30.

ByMicah Zimmerman
November 10, 2026

Trump Media Pledges 73% Of Its Bitcoin To Options Program

Trump Media's 10-Q shows 11,385 of its 15,649 BTC pledged to an options program whose counterparty can rehypothecate the coins, ahead of a $1B note put Nov. 30.

bitcoinmagazine.com

 

[Davey Crockett]

TAE Technologies is valued at over $6 billion through its pending all-stock merger agreement with Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), announced in December 2025. [1, 2]

Trump Media & Technology Group and TAE Technologies Announce Effectiveness of Form S-4 Registration Statement for Proposed Merger​

Trump Media’s proposed merger with a fusion company could give each side’s shareholders about half

TAE will seek stockholder approval by written consent; closing is expected by year-end, subject to required approvals and other conditions.

www.stocktitan.net

TMTG will hold a special shareholder meeting on December 14, 2026, at 9:15 a.m. ET to vote on merger-related proposals. TAE will seek its stockholders’ approval by written consent. TMTG expects closing by year-end 2026, subject to both companies’ required shareholder approvals and satisfaction or waiver of other applicable closing conditions.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Can't these losers see that Trump is currently working on deals worth over $7 billion at the moment? s/