About this episode

David interviews Bryon Hargis about the importance of rebuilding America's defense manufacturing capacity and its implications for national security.

David sits down with Bryon Hargis, co-founder of Castelion, to unpack why rebuilding America’s defense manufacturing capacity has become a national security imperative. Bryon explains why decades of consolidation and outsourcing weakened the defense industrial base, why America could struggle against an adversary with significantly greater manufacturing capacity, and why Castelion is betting that deterrence ultimately requires weapons that can be produced affordably by the thousands.

People in this episode

Host: David Weisburd

Guest: Bryon Hargis

Topics covered

• defense manufacturing
• national security
• deterrence
• industrial base
• outsourcing
• military capacity

Keywords

• defense
• manufacturing
• national security
• Castelion
• Elon Musk
• hypersonic missiles
• deterrence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Castelion

Products: hypersonic missiles

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