Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[joshuaeyu]

Military DOD market has a super long sale cycle. No business can survive solely on Military demand/revenue from the "get-go".
Has one ever heard of DARPA "startup"?

With that being said, no Military customer will/can count on vendor that has little/no future. As a result, COTS business emerged back in the 80s. All qualified vendor must be "COTS viable".

Is LQMT "COTS viable" to DOD program manager's eye?
If you ask that question before 2010, the answer is "no".
If you ask the same question at the end of 2015, the answer is at best "maybe"
If you ask the question now, the answer is "implied yes" base on recent publicity from the DOD world.

COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) means product that has/will have commercial success. It seems like someone is betting on LQMT future.

BTW, One can say the same thing about the Medical market.

Are we hoping/wishing DOD/Medical to pay the short term bill? I will take Li's 63 million lifeline to be a better bet.