CEO at Bedrock Ocean
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We are living in a subsea moment…that’ll likely last a very long time.
'The Telegraph took four and a half years of satellite tracking data of Russia’s fishing fleet and laid it over existing charts. It found 17 trawlers from five companies loitering at low speed over the North Atlantic’s most important cables'
@TomSharpe134 explains why the investigation has changed his 'thinking in three ways' 👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Wrapping a great time at MBP in San Diego.
Was great meeting with our US and allied customers and the leadership from AIKUS this week.
I’m surprised given the customer density the lack of representation from others in the subsea space. Plenty of legacy primes and USV defense tech darlings, just @BedrockOcean holding down the subsea. No complaints here.
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AUKUS is vital to the defence of the 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸
Now underway in San Diego, Maritime Big Play will demonstrate how the three nations can integrate capabilities, coordinate operations and fight together across the maritime domain.
Gonna be a great week in San Diego at MBP!
This thing is a sitting duck in any conflict. Please build more, Xi.
Second Chinese Submarine Drone Mothership Emerges
It is a scaled-down version of the first and was built by Guangzhou Shipyard International, which is well known for pumping out special use vessels.
twz.com/sea/second-chinese-s…
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I worked with the Allies for years as part of the NATO coalition in Afghanistan. The Allies were there bleeding alongside the US. Hegseth is full of BS.
Hegseth on Afghanistan:
I was a captain in Afghanistan, and we would go to the headquarters in Kabul, and there would be 50 flags at the headquarters.
It was a beautiful thing to see 50 different countries contributing to the NATO alliance and the ISAF mission there.
Except there were like maybe five that contributed. It was actually closer to one or two that, by the end, were actually involved in kinetic operations.
In fact, the ISAF patch, we would joke that it meant "I Saw Americans Fighting."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Over 1100 non-American soldiers from 31 US-allied countries were killed fighting in Afghanistan, approximately 1/3 of the total combat deaths.
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Spot on.
The ultra cheap, one way UUV manufactures have a role to play, but this isn’t going win a war in the Pacific or deter Chinese aggression in Taiwan and elsewhere.
Thanks again @JackKuhr & @itsmoislam
@BedrockOcean is operating at forefront of subsea and energy security, across multiple continents, supporting our customers critical missions. Always pleased to talk about the incredible work of our team.
Bedrock CEO @mrtirman joined the show at the @NYSE to chat undersea intelligence, threats to critical infrastructure, and the Strait of Hormuz.
Matthew (former Satellogic president) on the market for undersea intelligence.
“I look at where we’re at right now in the space. It’s where Earth observation, where kind of space 2.0 was back in 2015, right?"
"You had a lot of commercial capabilities coming online, but the customers, they were just slowly starting to understand the needs and requirements and how they fit this into their CONOPS and their mission packages.”
Full interview, we covered:
00:00 Satellogic to Bedrock
03:12 Siren AUV
03:45 Oil & gas vs. defense
04:54 Bedrock vs. $100K/day ships
06:36 Hormuz mines
09:49 2027 capital plans
11:25 Subsea cables & GUGI
13:30 Subsea vs. space
15:45 Underwater comms
16:44 Undersea warfare future
18:19 Public vs. private life
With @itsmoislam and @BedrockOcean
It’s perfect. No notes.
Admiral McRaven: "Our current leaders are shameless and ignoble. They have no sense of dignity or honor. They seem to believe that the performance of curel power is what makes a nation great: the spectacle, the show, the crude theatrics of a tough guy. Nothing could be further from the truth."
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
This is extraordinary and traitorous behavior if true. The Putin apologists need to be called out for what they are.
Read the full story here:
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…
Matthew Tirman retweeted
LIVE in 1 hour at the NYSE
Lineup:
- @WillBruey (Varda)
- @DanMagy (Firestorm)
- @mrtirman (Bedrock)
Manufacturing in space, containerized manufacturing at the edge/battlefield, and ocean intelligence robots.
LETS GOOOO
Excited to join @itsmoislam and @JackKuhr on the @payloadspace NYSE Space and Defense live show. Talking all things @BedrockOcean , ocean intelligence and the geopolitics of the subsea.
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Our team at @BedrockOcean is built different. I feel bad for the “competition.”
Going to be a great time at MBP in San Diego. @BedrockOcean will be there with customers demonstrating our autonomous undersea tech and participating in DV Day.
Tacking on some fast rope repetitions to kick off the MBP. Forging readiness alongside the joint force. The main event is next.
#AUKUS #MaritimeBigPlay
Matthew Tirman retweeted
Tacking on some fast rope repetitions to kick off the MBP. Forging readiness alongside the joint force. The main event is next.
#AUKUS #MaritimeBigPlay
Matthew Tirman retweeted
An interesting #AUKUS Pillar II milestone as it continues to focus on undersea warfare.
@redunley & I discuss in today’s #maritimematters podcast
🔗 youtu.be/OBEihdmg0pI?si=oPg3…
A pivotal moment...
The Royal Navy's uncrewed submarine Excalibur recently made history by firing a torpedo in a milestone trial pushing the boundaries of undersea warfare.
Read more: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/s…
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My latest in the FT: Not even SpaceX can be bothered with the space industry anymore 🤡🚀
SpaceX pivots away from space ft.trib.al/mHvDBhS
