Space Florida

You got to see the history of Florida through the rocket system, the rocket history.

But now, now it's an active part of our economy, right? We have a thing called Space Florida.

It's an agency within Florida, right? And that's the focus.

So bad guys come, they do that.

Well, actually, the Northeast is really poised to take advantage of that.

So much so that we are now starting to catch international attention and we're working on a collaboration with the US and Space Florida.

Right.

Now, David, I'm going to bring you in here because you heard Kerry and Imad.

This is a new one on me.

It's not Space Florida.

The story is totally silent on this whole thing so far.

They're

Yeah.

I hold Space Florida accountable for that, but they, you know.

Yeah.

But they're, they're never are required to explain themselves.

Governor Ron DeSantis last week said the state was investing nearly twenty-three million dollars to strengthen the state's defense industrial base, pushing to capture a portion of the defense tech boom.

"Florida offers a suite of unmatched financial tools that lower the cost of capital through tax savings and other measures," said Rob Long, chief executive of Space Florida, the state's aerospace finance development and space board au- authority.

Florida's military and defense industry generates $102.6 billion in economic impact and supports more than 865,000 jobs statewide according to the Florida Defense Industry Economic Impact Analysis.

Space and defense-oriented startups have begun to pop up in South Florida too, including Space Eyes, a geospatial intelligence and counter-drone technology company that recently bought- brought on Eric Trump as an investor and strategic advisor.