{"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 Ukraine Is Rewriting the Drone Warfare Playbook","slug":"how-ukraine-is-rewriting-the-drone-warfare-playbook","published_at":"2026-07-09T08:18:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833/how-ukraine-is-rewriting-the-drone-warfare-playbook","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-0100.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0100.mp3","summary":"Episode 100 of The Defense Tech Podcast: Lucas and Luna dive into how Ukraine's drone tactics in 2026 are forcing NATO to rethink its investment priorities. They break down the shift from high-cost, high-tech platforms to attritable, software-defined swarms. Lucas brings data on recent Pentagon contract trends and how companies like AeroVironment and Anduril are positioning for the new procurement paradigm. Luna challenges the assumptions behind manned aircraft spending. The conversation also touches on the broader market impact, referencing Northrop Grumman's recent gains and the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF slide. A natural mid-episode interlude ties the topic to listener support, with a sincere invitation to buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. #Ukraine #DroneWarfare #NATO #Pentagon #DefenseTech #AeroVironment #Anduril #L3Harris #NorthropGrumman #Business #Technology #Military #Procurement #AttritableSystems #SoftwareDefined #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DefensePodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 100 of The Defense Tech Podcast: Lucas and Luna dive into how Ukraine's drone tactics in 2026 are forcing NATO to rethink its investment prioritie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":517,"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-ukraine-is-rewriting-the-drone-warfare-playbook/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-ukraine-is-rewriting-the-drone-warfare-playbook.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}