{"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's $29 Billion GPS Replacement Dilemma","slug":"the-pentagon-s-29-billion-gps-replacement-dilemma","published_at":"2026-06-09T07:56:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833/the-pentagon-s-29-billion-gps-replacement-dilemma","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-0040.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-defense-tech-podcast/episode-0040.mp3","summary":"The Pentagon's GPS constellation is aging, and the next-generation system—GPS III and its jam-resistant M-Code signal—is years behind schedule and over budget. Lucas and Luna break down why a 1970s space technology is still the backbone of modern warfare, how the 2026 budget allocates $1.2 billion for satellite procurement, and why industry giants like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are fighting over a market that might not exist in ten years. They examine the technical trade-offs between military-specific satellites and commercial alternatives, the political pressure from Congress to maintain legacy systems, and the quiet race to build a PNT (positioning, navigation, and timing) backup that doesn't rely on space at all. If today was actually useful to you, the way these stay ad-free is listener support—buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. #GPS #MilitaryTech #DefenseContracting #Pentagon #LockheedMartin #Raytheon #SpaceForce #PNT #MCode #GPSIII #Budget2026 #Jamming #Satellite #Aerospace #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"The Pentagon's GPS constellation is aging, and the next-generation system—GPS III and its jam-resistant M-Code signal—is years behind schedule and over bu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":556,"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-s-29-billion-gps-replacement-dilemma/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-s-29-billion-gps-replacement-dilemma.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}