{"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 Subscription-Based Logistics","slug":"how-the-pentagon-is-buying-subscription-based-logistics","published_at":"2026-07-10T21:14:24+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-subscription-based-logistics","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-0103.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0103.mp3","summary":"In episode 103 of The Defense Tech Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how the Pentagon is shifting from owning its logistics fleet to buying transportation as a service. They examine the Joint Logistics Enterprise (LOGEN) concept, using the examples of Amazon's commercial delivery network and the Defense Logistics Agency's pilot to contract cargo capacity on a subscription model. Lucas explains that this 'Uber for military logistics' could reduce fixed costs and increase flexibility, drawing parallels to how commercial supply chains operate. Luna questions the risks of relying on private carriers in contested zones, and Lucas discusses the balance between efficiency and resiliency. The hosts also touch on how recent stock moves in defense primes like Lockheed Martin and Boeing reflect investor uncertainty about the Pentagon's shifting procurement priorities. The episode includes a natural, listener-supported donation segment and closes with a look at the upcoming earnings reports and inflation data amid heightened geopolitical tensions. #Pentagon #DefenseLogistics #SubscriptionModel #MilitarySupplyChain #LOGEN #DefenseDepartment #TransportationAsAService #Amazon #FedEx #SupplyChainInnovation #Logistics #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DefenseTech #Procurement #PentagonReform Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In episode 103 of The Defense Tech Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how the Pentagon is shifting from owning its logistics fleet to buying transportation a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":514,"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-subscription-based-logistics/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-subscription-based-logistics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}