"If I remember the whole speech, he was talking about all of the poorly engineered parts of our new battleship. The hydraulic elevators worked much better. Also the placement of the engine room and the munitions storage were absolutely too close to each other. I think his point was that we have idiots designing everything right now. I suppose they were diversity and equity hires."
Context is important. I didn't hear the speech, but it sounds like he was discussing the most recent aircraft carrier. I don't know anything about magnetic elevators, but they have been recently notorious for the poor performance of the electromagnetic aircraft catapults (the previous technology being steam-driven). It would be credible to think that the John Deere company would have relevant expertise.
From "oldgal_frdup" below:
"If I remember the whole speech, he was talking about all of the poorly engineered parts of our new battleship. The hydraulic elevators worked much better. Also the placement of the engine room and the munitions storage were absolutely too close to each other. I think his point was that we have idiots designing everything right now. I suppose they were diversity and equity hires."
Context is important. I didn't hear the speech, but it sounds like he was discussing the most recent aircraft carrier. I don't know anything about magnetic elevators, but they have been recently notorious for the poor performance of the electromagnetic aircraft catapults (the previous technology being steam-driven). It would be credible to think that the John Deere company would have relevant expertise.