In this episode, Mike sits down with Dan Jablonsky, CEO ofUrsa Major, to discuss solid rocket motors and how Ursa Major is doing it differently.

Once dominated by just two suppliers, America’s SRM propulsion base has been stretched thin—leaving gaps exposed by today’s conflicts.

Dan explains how Ursa Major is tackling that challenge withmodular production, 3D printing, Highly Loaded Grain propellants, and advanced manufacturing using what they’ve learned from their liquid motor product lines.

We also talk about the big picture: hypersonics, cruisemissiles, and upcoming programs with RTX (Raytheon), the U.S. Navy (SM-2, SM-3, SM-6), the Army, and Stratolaunch.

If you want to understand why missile production is one of the biggest defense challenges of our time—and how new entrants like Ursa Major are building solutions—this episode is for you.

Links

• Sign up for the newsletter⁠!

• Support us on ⁠Patreon⁠!

• Ursa Major website

• Ursa Major LinkedIn

• Ursa Major Instagram

• Ursa Major X

----

Follow us on...

 • LinkedIn

• Instagram⁠

• ⁠X⁠

• ⁠Facebook⁠

• ⁠Website⁠

----

00:00

00:42 intro

01:04 Ursa Major

02:22 company name

03:48 getting into the SRM business

05:29 SRM industrial base

07:15 doing SRMs differently

09:14 SRM 101

12:07 Highly Loaded Grain

13:08 increasing missile range

15:34 rapid development

16:44 scale with safety

22:25 rapidly adapting SRMs to the threat

23:03 3D printing everything?

24:59 hypersonic motors

27:20 missiles in space

27:47 affordable mass

29:14 outro