{"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 Logistics Data Like a Supply Chain Startup","slug":"how-the-pentagon-is-buying-logistics-data-like-a-supply-chain-startup","published_at":"2026-07-07T08:33:32+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-logistics-data-like-a-supply-chain-startup","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-0096.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0096.mp3","summary":"Episode 96 of The Defense Tech Podcast looks at how the Defense Logistics Agency is buying real-time logistics data from commercial providers like Project44 and FourKites. Lucas and Luna break down the $3.6 billion-dollar JOLTS contract, explain why supply chain visibility is suddenly a national security priority after the Red Sea disruptions, and discuss what this means for defense contractors and commercial logistics startups alike. They also touch on how this procurement shift connects to broader Pentagon digital transformation efforts and the recent surge in defense stocks like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. #DefenseLogistics #PentagonProcurement #SupplyChainVisibility #JOLTS #Project44 #FourKites #DLA #LogisticsTech #DefenseTech #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DefensePodcast #SupplyChain #DigitalTransformation #NationalSecurity #RedSea Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 96 of The Defense Tech Podcast looks at how the Defense Logistics Agency is buying real-time logistics data from commercial providers like Project…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":651,"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-logistics-data-like-a-supply-chain-startup/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-logistics-data-like-a-supply-chain-startup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}