The intelligence briefing for U.S. Capex decision makers.

Modine Sells The Factory Calendar

Plus: Johnson Matthey buys into data-center emissions control, DTE backs Michigan-made batteries, BorgWarner expands in Hendersonville, and X-Bow scales rocket motors in Texas.

North Dakota's Governor Pitches the Prairie

Plus: America's last rail mill gets a billion-dollar upgrade, every package in America just got smarter tracking, and $127 billion in tariff refunds hitting Monday.

Pitching the Prairie

North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong joins the Standard & Works Show

AMCA, SendCutSend, and The New Factory Middle

Plus: Google builds Missouri power load, BAE upgrades munitions facilities, rare-earth refining without China’s reagent choke point, and submarine combat-control work.

Camden Becomes A Missile Factory Town

Plus: solid rocket motor funding, radios that detect drones, F-35 electronic warfare kits, Utah lithium, and data-center backup power.

Colossus Sized Bet

Plus: NVIDIA and Corning's optical manufacturing buildout, Astranis' $450M raise, Scout Space's Virginia production line, and Moment Energy's second-life battery factory round.

North Carolina Mobilizes to Land Defense Spending

New coalition targets $2 billion in Pentagon R&D and manufacturing contracts, a ten-fold increase

AI Finds The Factory Floor In El Segundo

Plus: Domino's Navy mine-hunting software, Firefly/SciTec's Golden Dome work, Textron's uncrewed surface vessels, and Packet Digital's domestic battery production order.

How Oklahoma City Won the Olympics

A site selection loss 30-years-ago jumpstarted an economic development renaissance

North Slope, Alaska: The Next Data Center Frontier

The top of the world is open for business and America's hyperscalers are noticing.

The Florence of Hard Tech

El Segundo, California is the most consequential hard tech cluster in America right now.

Steel, Ships, and the AI Economy

What do Pittsburgh and Hampton Roads, Virginia have in common? More than you'd think.