00:00If you want to understand where Blue Origin is really heading, you can't just look at rockets.
00:06You have to look at people, locations and institutions. And this is where it gets interesting.
00:13On paper, Blue Origin and the United Launch Alliance are partners. In reality,
00:19they are a strategic alliance built to wield power. Blue Origin supplies the BE-4,
00:25the main engine for the Vulcan rockets blend. But the relationship now goes far beyond hardware.
00:32With Tory Bruno, the long-time CEO of ULA, Blue Origin has placed a figure in a key position
00:38who knows exactly how Washington thinks, how the Pentagon thinks and how decisions on programs
00:45are really made. The fact that Bruno is now president of the National Security Group at Blue Origin
00:51is no coincidence. It's a statement. Blue Origin doesn't want to be just a supplier,
00:57but wants to become a system provider for national security.
