{"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 Rewriting Its Cybersecurity Acquisition Rules","slug":"how-the-pentagon-is-rewriting-its-cybersecurity-acquisition-rules","published_at":"2026-06-15T20:20:05+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-rewriting-its-cybersecurity-acquisition-rules","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-0053.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0053.mp3","summary":"Episode 53 of The Defense Tech Podcast dives into the Pentagon's new cybersecurity acquisition reforms, specifically the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0. Lucas and Luna break down how CMMC 2.0 changes the bidding process for defense contractors, why it's forcing small and mid-tier firms to overhaul their security posture, and how prime contractors like Lockheed Martin and RTX are adapting. With major primes seeing mixed stock performance in June 2026 — Lockheed flat, RTX up slightly — and SpaceX's IPO reshaping the defense landscape, the hosts explore whether these new rules level the playing field or entrench incumbents. They discuss real compliance costs, the shift from self-attestation to third-party audits, and what this means for innovation in defense tech. A concrete look at how the Pentagon is trying to fix a broken procurement system. #Cybersecurity #Pentagon #CMMC #DefenseAcquisition #CMMC2.0 #DefenseContractors #LockheedMartin #RTX #SmallBusiness #SupplyChainSecurity #Compliance #CyberMaturity #BusinessAndTechnology #PentagonReform #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DefenseTechPodcast #MilitaryTech Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 53 of The Defense Tech Podcast dives into the Pentagon's new cybersecurity acquisition reforms, specifically the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Cert…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":518,"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-rewriting-its-cybersecurity-acquisition-rules/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-rewriting-its-cybersecurity-acquisition-rules.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}