{"podcast":{"title":"The Defense Tech Podcast with Fexingo: Government Contracting, Aerospace, and Military Tech","slug":"the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833","podcast_index_feed_id":7871833,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":120,"summary":"Defense contracting isn't just F-35s and carrier groups. Lucas and Luna break down the actual economics of military tech: how aerospace primes like Lockheed, RTX, and Northrop Grumman manage multi-year fixed-price development contracts, what the DoD’s new CMMC cybersecurity rules mean for small subcontractors, and why the Navy’s Columbia-class submarine program is a case study in industrial-base risk. Each episode starts with a real number — a contract award value, a quarterly P&L line from a defense prime, a Pentagon budget line item — and builds a conversation around it. Lucas, a former defense correspondent, brings the policy and accounting; Luna, a tech-market analyst, connects the programs to publicly traded supply chains and venture-backed startups trying to break into classified markets. No classified information, no defense-blog speculation — just the business logic behind the weapons systems you read about in the news. Why does a missile cost $4 million? How does a shipbuilder hedge against steel tariffs? And what happens when a startup wins a Small Business Innovation Research grant for a prototype that the Air Force actually wants to buy? This is the business of nationa…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T08:17:05.344517+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833"},"episode":{"title":"How the Pentagon Is Buying Batteries Like a Utility","slug":"how-the-pentagon-is-buying-batteries-like-a-utility","published_at":"2026-07-09T20:52:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833/how-the-pentagon-is-buying-batteries-like-a-utility","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0101.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0101.mp3","summary":"The Pentagon spends over $2 billion a year on batteries — for everything from night-vision goggles to electric vehicles to missile silos. But the old procurement model, buying custom chemistries for each platform, has led to skyrocketing costs and long lead times. Now the Defense Logistics Agency is testing a new approach: treat batteries like a commodity, buy them through a centralized catalog, and require vendors to meet a common spec. Lucas and Luna break down the pilot program, the resistance from prime contractors, and why Lockheed Martin's recent five-day slide might reflect market skepticism about the transition. They also look at the civilian battery boom — Tesla, Redwood Materials, and the Inflation Reduction Act — and ask whether the Pentagon can finally ride the commercial wave instead of fighting it. #Pentagon #Batteries #DefenseLogisticsAgency #DLA #LithiumIon #Procurement #DefenseTech #LockheedMartin #LMT #Tesla #RedwoodMaterials #InflationReductionAct #CommercialTech #SupplyChain #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"The Pentagon spends over $2 billion a year on batteries — for everything from night-vision goggles to electric vehicles to missile silos. But the old proc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":499,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833/episodes/how-the-pentagon-is-buying-batteries-like-a-utility/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833/how-the-pentagon-is-buying-batteries-like-a-utility.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}