{"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 Chips Like TSMC","slug":"how-the-pentagon-is-buying-chips-like-tsmc","published_at":"2026-07-16T08:29:32+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-chips-like-tsmc","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-0114.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0114.mp3","summary":"Episode 114 of The Defense Tech Podcast: Lucas and Luna explore a massive shift in defense procurement: the Pentagon is now buying leading-edge semiconductors directly from foundries, using a model borrowed from commercial chip companies. They break down the new 'trusted foundry' program, how it differs from the old bespoke military chip approach, and what it means for companies like TSMC, Intel, and GlobalFoundries. With TSMC announcing an additional $100 billion investment in Arizona just this week, the intersection of commercial chip manufacturing and national security is sharper than ever. Lucas explains why the Department of Defense is moving from buying chips as 'built-to-spec' hardware to buying them as 'available capacity' — a shift that could reshape the defense industrial base. Luna questions whether this model can keep pace with China's military chip advances. A must-listen for anyone tracking defense tech, semiconductor policy, or industrial strategy. #Pentagon #Semiconductors #TSMC #TrustedFoundry #DefenseProcurement #Chips #NationalSecurity #Arizona #Intel #GlobalFoundries #China #IndustrialBase #MilitaryTech #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DefenseTech Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 114 of The Defense Tech Podcast: Lucas and Luna explore a massive shift in defense procurement: the Pentagon is now buying leading-edge semiconduc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":682,"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-chips-like-tsmc/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-chips-like-tsmc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}