# Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jun 09, 2026] Engineered Metal Tech's Mesh Feigenbaum

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Podcast: [Defense & Aerospace Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504)
Published: 2026-06-09T16:13:33+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/defaeroreport/defense-aerospace-343163967
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## Resource

Mesh Feigenbaum, a managing partner at Engineered Metal Tech who is one of the world’s leading experts on the gigantic forging presses that are critical for the worldwide aerospace and defense supply chain and author of two recent commentaries — “Aerospace’s Hidden Bottleneck” in Aviation Week and “Rate Readiness at Risk: The Global Shortage of Large Hydraulic Forging Presses” in the Forging Industry Association magazine’s May issue — joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss approaches the US government should consider to underwrite an industrial capability vital for national security as well as American economic prosperity; whether Airbus and Boeing will be able to sustain ambitious production including the US giant’s goal of boosting the 737 rate to 70 jets a month; whether capacity is sufficient to sustain a surge in defense production; and what it will take to encourage US investment to as Europe and Asia step up.

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