MRLN — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of MRLN's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-14 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-15
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +34 | −22 | ~34 | 28 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~10 | 10 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| Risk factors | Some risk factors updated | +4 | 0 | ~7 | 5 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 2 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-14
covers the initial adaptation of the platform and can be extended to both low-rate and full-rate production for all United States Air Force Special Operations Command (“USSOCOM”) fixed-wing aircraft.
We plan to deploy the first Merlin Pilot on either commercial or military aircraft within the next three years. We incurred net losses of $58,427 and $16,296 for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. We incurred net losses of $148,846 and $29,029 for the six months ended June …
Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2026 decreased by $913 thousand, or 29.4%, to $2,194 thousand compared to $3,107 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2025. This decrease was primarily due to the completion of one phase of our USSOCOM Contract and the beginning of a new phase of t…
Cost of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2026 decreased by $976 thousand, or 31.8%, to $2,090 thousand compared to $3,066 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2025. This decrease was primarily the result of increased benefit recognized from the contract loss provision, as the rela…
Contract loss adjustments for the three months ended June 30, 2026 increased by $223 thousand as a result of the increase in the contract loss provision related to our USSOCOM Contract. The increase in the contract loss provision is the result of a revision of our estimate of total costs required to…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-15
We plan to deploy the first Merlin Pilot on either commercial or military aircraft within the next three years. We incurred net losses of $90,419 thousand and $12,733 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. We expect to continue to generate losses over the next few…
Change in fair value of convertible promissory notes (87,824) —
Comparison of the Three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2026, increased by $134 thousand, or 15.4%, to $1,002 thousand compared to $868 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This increase was primarily due to additional work completed under our USSOCOM Contract for the three months ended March 31…
Cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2026, increased by $926 thousand, or 129.7%, to $1,640 thousand compared to $714 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This increase was primarily the result of subcontractor costs incurred, and other direct charges to cost of revenu…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-14
We depend on aircraft manufacturers and other third parties for proprietary technical data, interface specifications, and software necessary to integrate our autonomy systems onto their aircraft, and our access to this information may be limited, delayed, or withdrawn.
Integrating our autonomy software onto a given aircraft platform generally requires access to proprietary information controlled by the aircraft's manufacturer, including interface control documents, avionics and flight control software specifications, wiring and systems data, and in some cases sour…
Our access to this data may be limited or withdrawn. Such limitations may occur if a manufacturer views our autonomy capabilities as competitive with its own current or future offerings, if commercial terms cannot be agreed, if a program contract or teaming arrangement terminates or is not renewed, …
If we lose access to this information for any aircraft type on which we depend, we may be unable to complete, certify, maintain, or update our integration for that aircraft, which could delay or terminate programs, require costly and time-consuming redesign or reverse engineering efforts (which may …
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice