{"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":"The Pentagon Counter-Drone Mission Is Redefining Air Defense","slug":"the-pentagon-counter-drone-mission-is-redefining-air-defense","published_at":"2026-06-11T20:12:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833/the-pentagon-counter-drone-mission-is-redefining-air-defense","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-0045.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0045.mp3","summary":"Episode 45 of The Defense Tech Podcast. Lucas and Luna examine how the Pentagon's counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) mission is reshaping air defense procurement and doctrine. With LMT up 4.7% in five days and GD rising 3.6%, defense primes are pivoting to layered drone-killing solutions. The hosts break down the new Joint C-UAS Office's 'four-tier' framework, why directed-energy weapons like the Navy's HELIOS are finally leaving the lab, and how the Army's $6 billion IFPC Inc 2 program is creating a market for interceptor missiles and electronic warfare. They also discuss the challenge of defeating cheap drones with expensive missiles, and why industry consolidation in this niche is accelerating. Tune in for a focused look at the billion-dollar race to protect troops and bases from the drone threat. #CounterDrone #C-UAS #AirDefense #Pentagon #DirectedEnergy #LaserWeapons #DroneThreat #JointC-UAS #IFPC #HELIOS #LockheedMartin #GeneralDynamics #LMT #GD #DefenseTech #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 45 of The Defense Tech Podcast. Lucas and Luna examine how the Pentagon's counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) mission is reshaping air defen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":631,"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/the-pentagon-counter-drone-mission-is-redefining-air-defense/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/the-pentagon-counter-drone-mission-is-redefining-air-defense.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}