- 66
- Episodes
- 44
- Transcribed
- 575
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About The Merge
Military technology, trends, and national security...presented with unique insights, salt, and wit from combat aviator veterans and industry experts. Fence in for interviews and anecdotes about the ins, outs, and happenings at the intersection of technology, industry, strategy, and policy of aerospace and national defense. Brought to you by The Merge newsletter (http://www.themerge.co).
- Publisher
- The Merge
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 4 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
44 of 66 episodes have a transcript.
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
E62 – Rethinking Aircraft Maintenance with Perfect Point EDM
30 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
E61 – Rebuilding the Test Playbook with Nominal
12 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
E60 – GPS-Free Navigation (Sponsored by Vantor)
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E62 – Rethinking Aircraft Maintenance with Perfect Point EDM
Published 4 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But the tools and processes that we use day to day to keep those planes in the sky, your O&M budget you're talking about right there, those have stayed the same since the 50s and 60s. So the process of drilling out a rivet is the same as it would have been back in the Vietnam era. Unfortunately, the things holding the airplanes together today, they're a lot harder than just an aluminum rivet from sheet metal days of yore. Yeah, so drilling out the harder material becomes a harder job, if I'm saying that right. Yeah, you are. Is that correct? Okay. That's absolutely correct. Especially with most new manufacturing is incorporating carbon fiber into the build. […]
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- Jim Becker
- Jenn Wilson
- Kara Kramer
- Meagan Metzger
- Meg Vorland
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,078,533
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 356 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 219 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100
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- Quality
- 74
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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