Eric DeMarco: That is a great question. In Kratos, we call either the directed vendor by the customer or the sole source, one of a kind that only exists in the United States kryptonite vendors. Two areas for these where we are constantly on alert are the engines and the drones. These are the two. Let me talk about both of them. On the engine area, as if you recall, we have made and we’re continuing to make a significant capital investment at a Kratos Manufacturing Center of Excellence. This is additive manufacturing, 3D printing, casting, machining, primarily for engines. We are doing everything we can, where we can to vertically integrate and get vertically in it. We can’t do it for everything, but to get vertically integrated to derisk as much as we can in front of these engine orders that we’re getting and that are coming.
That’s number one. In the drone area, in addition to the autoclave, there are certain other machines, tooling that are critical. There are certain vendors in the United States that are just overwhelmed right now because of CCA, because of 5GAT, because of MGAT, I can go on and on. In certain of those areas, we’re actually bringing — we’re acquiring the machines. We’re acquiring the tooling. We’re bringing them in-house and we’re getting up to speed. We can transition, maybe not to do it primarily initially, but to have a backup plan that we don’t get in trouble, because as you know, what’s the most important part of a system, it’s the one you don’t have, when you’re about to complete it. We’re trying to stay on top of it, but it’s challenging.
Operator: Our next question coming from the line of Josh Sullivan with The Benchmark Company.
Josh Sullivan: Good evening. On the planned KTT low cost engine facility, what do you see the volume capacity of that facility on an engine unit basis, maybe over the 12 months, 24 months, however you want to characterize it, assuming you could hire everybody you wanted to, as you just mentioned? Are we talking hundred, thousands? What do you think?
Eric DeMarco: Thousands per year.
Josh Sullivan: And then on the partners for the KTT Spartan programs that you mentioned. Are you partnering with traditional jet engine OEMs or these airframe partners where you’re bringing a KTT complete engine?
Eric DeMarco: Josh, this is partnering. This was small, ask it again, I didn’t hear you quite.
Josh Sullivan: Are you partnering with engine manufacturers with the KTT Spartan program or aircraft, where you’re bringing the engine?
Eric DeMarco: Okay. On the vast majority of what we’re doing in the engine area as far as designing the engine, developing the engine and manufacturing the engine, we’re doing it ourselves. We are the primary engine system provider to the air framer and the air framer being the drone, the missile, the loitering munition. However, there is a certain area, where we are partnered. I can’t get into it under an NDA, but we’re partnered on a certain class of engines that both of us believe if we’re successful on, this could be a grand slam. In one area, we’ve got a partner and all the others, we’re doing it alone.
Operator: Thank you. I’m showing no further questions in the queue at this time. I will now turn the call back over to Mr. Eric DeMarco for any closing remarks.
Eric DeMarco: Excellent. Thank you for joining us this afternoon, and we’ll look forward to chatting with you when we report second quarter in August. Thank you.
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, that does conclude our conference for today. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.
