# Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [May 06, 2026] Justin Sherman on Cyber Components of FY '27 Budget Request Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504/defense-aerospace-daily-podcast-may-06-2026-justin-sherman-on-cyber-components-of-fy-27-budget-request Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504/defense-aerospace-daily-podcast-may-06-2026-justin-sherman-on-cyber-components-of-fy-27-budget-request.md Podcast: [Defense & Aerospace Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504) Published: 2026-05-06T16:20:30+00:00 Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/defaeroreport/defense-aerospace-881769159 Audio file: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2315743574-defaeroreport-defense-aerospace-881769159.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/defense-aerospace-report-809504/episodes/defense-aerospace-daily-podcast-may-06-2026-justin-sherman-on-cyber-components-of-fy-27-budget-request Duration seconds: 2537 ## Resource Justin Sherman, the founder of Global Cyber Strategies, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, and the author of the book “Navigating Technology and National Security” joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the cyber aspects of the Trump administration’s 2027 federal spending request, changes lawmakers should consider to improve cyber security, impact of new AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos on improving cyber defenses, the administration’s interest in testing AI models before their release and how such tests should be conducted, and growing role of AI in warfare and the government’s oversight over contractors during military operations. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/defense-aerospace-report-809504/episodes/defense-aerospace-daily-podcast-may-06-2026-justin-sherman-on-cyber-components-of-fy-27-budget-request/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504/defense-aerospace-daily-podcast-may-06-2026-justin-sherman-on-cyber-components-of-fy-27-budget-request.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.