UNION

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From idea to factory in under 12 months. I allocated capital into a company called UNION, and I'm announcing it here for the first time. What they're building:   → Advanced manufacturing & software to prop up factories from the ground up. → UNION calls it Factories-as-a-Stockpile™ → Focused on protecting the West and our NATO allies   → Applications across munitions, national security, and industrial manufacturing → Software wrapped around hardware The A-Team:   → Former U.S. Navy, Marine Corp and Army veterans → Tesla, Anduril, and General Dynamics top-tier talent across disciplines → Board member who was the former U.S. Secretary of State and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency They went from a pitch deck to a functional forge with a factory built around it in 12 months. They just produced their first product. This team is operating at wartime speed. They were also the first company to receive capital from JP Morgan's strategic national interest approach, a $1.5T commitment to national economic security and resiliency. “It has become painfully clear that the United States has allowed itself to become too reliant on unreliable sources of critical minerals, products and manufacturing – all of which are essential for our national security,” said Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorganChase. This is why I started Roadster Capital. We're a $5M seed stage fund backing companies that modernize the industrial base with automation, security, and sustainability through deep technologies. The future is being built now. Let's invest in it. I love it when a plan comes together! - Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith

🚀🇺🇸BEAT THE SKEPTICS 🇺🇸🚀 Just over a year ago, I sat down with Jonathan Reiland talk about a #goal, a #passion, and a #vision - to #build something that simply hadn’t been done before.   To move faster than anyone thought possible, we aligned early, raised the right capital, assembled the right team, and stayed relentlessly focused on execution - every single day. #todayistheday   From site selection through design, engineering, permitting, procurement, supply chain coordination, construction, and commissioning, 225,000 square feet of advanced manufacturing space delivered in six months. This wasn’t theoretical. The accomplishment is real. The data is real.   F1L1. Built to perform. Built to prove what’s possible - especially to the skeptics. Stay strong. Remember the future.   Proud of this team and grateful to play a small part in bringing the vision to life and increase the #manufacturing base. Joe Musselman Russell Varone Garrett Unclebach Sam Weintraub UNION Forward Front Bandak Project Management Macrodyne Presses & Automation Bellator Construction NCA Partners - Architecture

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Factory 1, Line 1, Shell 1 (F1L1S1) 🏭 On December 21st, 2024, I made my first visit to Macrodyne Presses & Automation to kick off what would become Factory 1, Line 1. The objective was clear. By the end of the year, produce one round using our process, our tooling, and our equipment. One round that proves speed to market. One round that proves capability. One round that proves this team can execute. What followed was a team built to execute. Manufacturing engineers set the process. Controls and electrical engineers made it run. Metallurgists ensured the material did what it was supposed to do. Maintenance and mechanical technicians kept the line reliable. Operators learned fast and drove output. 👷♂️⚡️🔩 When problems came up, and they always do, this team was scrappy. They ran trials, tore down and reset equipment, reworked setups, and iterated in real time. No waiting for perfect conditions. No excuses. Just learning fast and moving forward. 🔁🛠️ Alongside that team, we brought in the right partners to move at speed. Macrodyne as a core partner. Hartwig, Inc. to secure and integrate CNC capacity. Gemini for tooling design. Navasota Industrial Supply for supplies and deep process know how. Bellator Construction, with Forward Front and Nik Bandak keeping the project organized and assisting in securing critical long lead, hard to source items when timing mattered most. Omega Morgan, Inc. provided expert rigging and hands on support during installation to get heavy equipment set safely and precisely.🤝🏗️ This is not the finish line. Building one proves the concept. Building thousands, reliably and at speed, is the real test. There is significant work ahead as more equipment is installed, processes are refined, and the line is hardened for sustained operation. Additional systems come online in Q1 next year, followed by a rapid ramp to production. This is how you turn a milestone into real industrial capacity. This was not theoretical work. This was tangible hardware and software coming together to revolutionize how the defense industrial base is built and operated. 🔩⚙️🤖 We set a clear objective a year ago and we met it. One shell. Forged and Machined with our equipment, with our tooling, by our people. This is how capability is built. This is how deterrence is manufactured. Mission first, always. Win, For the West. #UNION #Manufacturing #DefenseManufacturing #Forging #AmericanIndustry #IndustrialBase #BuildForTheWest #SpeedAndScale #Factory1 #F1L1S1

UNION just shattered expectations. We will announce tomorrow… I’m so proud. #F1L1S1 #FACTORY01 #FactoriesAsAStockpile #TheManufacturingPrime #MutuallyAssuredProduction Cc: BVVC