@collinkrum

7x #NASASocial alum. Bylines at @Jalopnik and @AviationWeek. He/Him. Tweets are mostly just a bibliography now.

 Reno, NV
Joined September 2009
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✈️🔭👋 📸: @NASA – at California, USA
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Companies focused on war and space are flocking to the suburbs. bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

Aerospace, defense suppliers plan to invest $40M, create 240-plus jobs in Cedar Park

Elite Metal Finishing and Machine Sciences will invest $40 million into a Cedar Park industrial facility, bringing 240 jobs to the Austin-area aerospace hub.

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Ballot cast ☑️ Proud to have my voice heard in @washoecounty, Nevada. Thanks to all of the election workers in NW Reno for making the process so straightforward and organized. Oh, and by the way: We’re not going back. 🇺🇸
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Reading: @anduriltech is considering Arizona, Ohio, or Texas for its massive manufacturing facility, source says techcrunch.com/2024/11/04/an… (via @MTemkin/@TechCrunch) – at Reno, NV

Exclusive: Anduril is considering Arizona, Ohio, or Texas for its massive manufacturing facility,...

Anduril, the defense tech company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, is considering building its first major manufacturing plant, a 5-million-square-foot

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Reading: @Apple Invests $1.5B in @Globalstar to Fund a New Constellation satellitetoday.com/finance/2… (via @rmpodnar/@Via_Satellite) – at Reno, NV

Apple Invests $1.5B in Globalstar to Fund a New Constellation

Apple is doubling down on its partnership with Globalstar, investing $1.5 billion to fund a new constellation for expanded satellite services. 

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Reading: @RocketLab confirms plan to bid for Pentagon launch contracts with new medium rocket spacenews.com/rocket-lab-con… (via @Sandra_I_Erwin/@SpaceNews_Inc) – at Reno, NV

Rocket Lab confirms plan to bid for Pentagon launch contracts with new medium rocket

Rocket Lab confirms plan to bid for Pentagon launch contracts with new medium rocket Rocket Lab confirms plan to bid for Pentagon launch contracts with new medium rocket

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Aircraft Spots
@AircraftSpots4 Nov 2024
USAF B-52Hs BARF21 & 22 departed Minot AFB, North Dakota and arrived into Al Udeid AB, Qatar earlier today.
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B-21 Raider flying on October 31st in California #B21 #B21Raider
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Reading: @PalmerLuckey on the Pentagon’s future of mixed reality technologyreview.com/2024/10… (via @odonnell_jm/@techreview)
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Reading: Pentagon’s commercial satellite internet services program soars to $13 billion spacenews.com/pentagons-comm… (via @Sandra_I_Erwin/@SpaceNews_Inc)

Pentagon’s commercial satellite internet services program soars to $13 billion

Pentagon’s commercial satellite internet services program soars to $13 billion Pentagon’s commercial satellite internet services program soars to $13 billion

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Nevada Wild Skies
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Reading: Silicon Valley startup Lyten building lithium-sulfur battery ‘gigafactory’ in Reno rgj.com/story/news/money/bus… (via @jasonhidalgo/@rgj)

Silicon Valley startup Lyten building lithium-sulfur battery ‘gigafactory’ in Reno

The battery facility will be built on a 125-acre campus at Reno AirLogistics Park in Stead.

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Reading: @BellFlight to manufacture FLRAA fuselage after dumping @SpiritAero ahead of @Boeing acquisition breakingdefense.com/2024/10/… (via @ValerieInsinna/@ashroque13/@BreakingDefense)

Bell to manufacture FLRAA fuselage after dumping Spirit AeroSystems ahead of Boeing acquisition -...

Sources first indicated this summer that Bell would drop Spirit AeroSystems as a supplier due to Boeing’s upcoming acquisition of the embattled aerostructures company. 

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This is an inflection point: We’ve officially moved beyond dubstep for defense promo videos. Welcome to the era of drum & bass for defense promo videos.
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@jendarhy11 Oct 2024
Hey babe, Anduril just dropped another original soundtrack youtu.be/EEXI6r08908?si=bjMS…
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Reading: @SemperCitiusSDA unveils plans for next 200-satellite procurement spacenews.com/space-developm… (via @Sandra_I_Erwin/@SpaceNews_Inc)

Space Development Agency unveils plans for next 200-satellite procurement

Space Development Agency unveils plans for next 200-satellite procurement Space Development Agency unveils plans for next 200-satellite procurement

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New favorite planespotting location unlocked
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Collin Krum retweeted
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@tszzl28 Aug 2024
"I never see you at the club." I never see you at the Secure Compartmented Information Facility
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Anduril Industries plans to launch its first spacecraft next year, in partnership with Los Angeles-based satellite bus manufacturer Apex to go after a ballooning national security space market. bit.ly/3Y6dP4c

Anduril Taps Bus Provider Apex To Launch Spacecraft In 2025 | Aviation Week

The defense tech startup first announced it was expanding its hardware and software capabilities to support the space domain in a Sept. 13 release.

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I love that the last four digits of my aluminum distributor’s phone number are 6061.
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Reading: @ApexSpacecraft to provide satellite buses for @anduriltech’s defense-oriented space missions spacenews.com/anduril-apex/ (via @Sandra_I_Erwin/@SpaceNews_Inc)

Apex to provide satellite buses for Anduril's defense-oriented space missions

Apex to provide satellite buses for Anduril's defense-oriented space missions

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Reading: @anduriltech speeds up launch of defense payloads by buying @ApexSpacecraft satellite buses off the shelf techcrunch.com/2024/09/30/an… (via @breadfrom/@TechCrunch)
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