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- E64 – Autonomy Is a Software Problem · 39 λεπ.The Pentagon wants thousands of autonomous systems. The question is who builds them and how fast. Joey Arora sits down with Paul Lwin, Co-Founder and CEO of Havoc, to talk about…
- E63 – The Merge Origin Story · 18 λεπ.It started with an email to 300 fighter pilots. Joey Arora turns the tables on Mike "Pako" Benitez to get the full origin story of The Merge. Mike spent 25 years on active duty…
- E62 – Rethinking Aircraft Maintenance with Perfect Point EDM · 27 λεπ.Buying a fighter jet is the cheap part. Mike sits down with Jim Becker, President and CEO of Perfect Point EDM, to talk about the biggest line in any defense program: keeping the…
- E61 – Rebuilding the Test Playbook with Nominal · 37 λεπ.Test is where new military hardware goes to wait. Mike sits down with Jenn Wilson, Head of Federal at Nominal, to talk about test and evaluation, the least glamorous gate between…
- E60 – GPS-Free Navigation · 44 λεπ.How do systems operate when GPS disappears? Mike sits down with Kara Kramer, Vice President ofRaptor Sales at Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence), to discuss one of the most…
- E59 – Business Breakdown: Anduril · 43 λεπ.Anduril Industries raised $5 billion at a reported $61billion valuation—putting a nine-year-old defense tech company in the same conversation as legacy primes that have been…
- E58 – Dcode the Pentagon Buying Machine · 51 λεπ.What does it actually take to get new technology into thehands of warfighters—and why is it still so hard? In this episode, Mike sits down with the co-founders ofDcode, Meagan…
- E57 – The War on Bad Software (Defense Unicorns) · 42 λεπ.All modern hardware depends on good software, but in theU.S. military, most software sucks. Rob Slaughter, co-founder and CEO of Defense Unicorns, joins the show to unpack why…
- E56 – The Fury Origin Story · 54 λεπ.This is the untold origin story of the Fury CollaborativeCombat Aircraft (CCA), as told by those who lived it. Scott Bledsoe and Joe Murray join Mike to talk about Fury’s very…
- E55 – Christine Fox: the REAL Charlie · 42 λεπ.There is a strange set of organizations that live betweenindustry and government called Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and University Affiliated…
- E54 – Pryzm: AI to understand the Pentagon · 56 λεπ.Mike sits down with Matt Hawkins and Nick LaRovere,co-founders of Pryzm. Pryzm is building an Operating System for defense innovation—software that uses AI to generate capture…
- E53 – The Fighter Pilot Spirit · 58 λεπ.Chris "Snooze" Kurek, Rob “Trip” Raymond, and Erik“EZ” Brine chat with Mike “Pako” Benitez on all things fighter pilot culture—toast, roast, and lore. Better known as Dos…
- E53 – The Fighter Pilot Spirit · 57 λεπ.Chris "Snooze" Kurek, Rob “Trip” Raymond, and Erik“EZ” Brine chat with Mike “Pako” Benitez on all things fighter pilot culture—toast, roast, and lore. Better known as Dos…
- E52 – Top Secret Offices · 52 λεπ.Nooks co-founder and CEO Sean Blackman spills all thesecrets about what it takes to do classified business with the Pentagon. Nooks is a venture-backed startup founded in 2021…
- E51 – Red 6 and the Military Metaverse · 58 λεπ.Red 6 CEO and co-founder Dan Robinson discusses augmented reality for pilots, the military metaverse, and the future of high-end training and tactics development. Red 6 was…
- E50 – JDAM: the GPS-Guided Bomb · 47 λεπ.Mike sits down with Steve “Wingie” Wingfield to discuss the Joint Direct Attack Munition, aka the JDAM—the world’s first operational GPS-aided bomb. Wingie played a big role in…
- E49 – Ursa Major Solid Rocket Motors · 31 λεπ.In this episode, Mike sits down with Dan Jablonsky, CEO ofUrsa Major, to discuss solid rocket motors and how Ursa Major is doing it differently. Once dominated by just two…
- The Future of Air Warfare: Offensive Electronic Attack (Sponsored) · 26 λεπ.Electronic warfare is a crucial element of armed conflict involving controlling and protecting the electromagnetic spectrum, which is vital for communication, navigation, and…
- E48 – Golden Dome, DIU, and the Innovation Reckoning · 54 λεπ.In this episode, Mike and Jake catch up on defense techhappenings. Links • Sign up for the newsletter! • Support us on Patreon! • Website ---- Follow us on... •…
- The Future of Air Warfare: Modeling & Simulation (Sponsored) · 30 λεπ.Tomorrow’s fight will be fast, complex, and contested. Victory won’t come from a single platform, weapon, or payload—it will depend on how well everything works together. That’s…
