{"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 Cybersecurity Like a Managed Service Provider","slug":"how-the-pentagon-is-buying-cybersecurity-like-a-managed-service-provider","published_at":"2026-07-17T20:47:38+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-cybersecurity-like-a-managed-service-provider","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-0117.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0117.mp3","summary":"Episode 117 of The Defense Tech Podcast dives into a massive shift in how the U.S. Department of Defense procures cybersecurity. Instead of buying point products or building custom tools, the Pentagon is now purchasing cybersecurity as a managed service — a model that looks a lot like an enterprise contract with CrowdStrike or Palo Alto Networks, but scaled for warfighters and critical infrastructure. Lucas and Luna break down the new acquisition framework called 'Cyber Mission Force as a Service,' explore why the traditional buy-and-build approach failed, and look at how prime contractors like L3Harris and Leidos are restructuring their offerings. They also touch on how this model could reshape the broader defense IT market, with implications for everything from cloud security to zero trust. Along the way, they reference recent market moves — including the 5.5 percent drop in HII and the broader defense sell-off — to ground the conversation in today's realities. A focused episode on one concrete procurement innovation. #Cybersecurity #Pentagon #ManagedSecurityService #DefenseTech #CyberMissionForceAsAService #ProcurementReform #L3Harris #Leidos #CrowdStrike #ZeroTrust #DoD #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DefensePodcast #GovernmentContracting #MilitaryTech #CyberResilience Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 117 of The Defense Tech Podcast dives into a massive shift in how the U.S. Department of Defense procures cybersecurity. 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