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The DIB Innovators podcast celebrates the brilliant minds behind innovation within the Defense Industrial Base. In each episode, host and co-founder of RADICL, David Graff will speak with DIB leaders who are driving technological advancements, championing our nation’s security, and shaping the future of defense technology.Brought to you by RADICL — Cybersecurity-as-a-Service purpose-built for small and mid-sized businesses in the Defense Industrial Base. Starting your CMMC journey? RADICL guides and accelerates your compliance—while reducing ransomware and other cyber risks—with a transparent, turn-key solution.www.radicl.com/cmmc_solved
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- 2 days ago38 min
EP 128 — BlackHays Group's Scott Hayford On Why Valuable Defense Solutions Can Lose The Budget Fight To Fuel, Ammo, And Tires
A government that doesn't fund your technology may understand its value. Your solution may have lost the budget fight to fuel, ammo, tires, and people. Scott Hayford, CEO of BlackHays Group, built a fractional advisory model around that reality, giving early-stage companies 50-plus former military and government advisors, starting at four hours a month.Scott tells Steve why the fastest path to a program of record runs through a prime, how supply chain geography shapes congressional line items, and why crisis and chaos generate new money.Topics discussed:- Building a fractional advisory model priced for startup runway- Designing products to shrink the military training timeline- Asking every government contact who else to talk to- Tracking when your government advocates retire or rotate- Using primes as the fastest path to programs of record- Using supply chain geography to support NDAA line items- Selling beyond the Department of War to agencies and cities- Reading the J-Book and R-Book for budget directionListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite
- 1 weeks ago40 min
EP 127 — Fortastra's Sahil Desai On Why Orbital Warfare Becomes A Quantity Problem And How To Build Space Defense For Scale
Ten of the most capable satellites in the world still could not defend against a large volume of threats. Orbital warfare becomes a quantity problem, and Fortastra is building orbital defense with cost and scale at the center.Sahil Desai, Vice President of Product at Fortastra, tells Steve how the cost shift he watched in munitions applies to space. He explains why staffing thousands of spacecraft with seven-to-eight-person teams does not close, how a digital-to-physical simulation pipeline tests autonomy, and why Watchdog V0 was built on company capital.Topics discussed:- Applying forward operating base security logic to orbit- Treating orbital warfare as a quantity problem- Driving space system costs down like modern munitions programs- Scaling spacecraft operations through agentic autonomy- Testing autonomy with a digital-to-physical simulation pipeline- Giving engineers AI tools while meeting CUI and ITAR rules- Managing product tension between engineers and government customers- Splitting orbital defense between government and commercial operatorsListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite
- 2 weeks ago39 min
EP 126 — Catalyx Space's Rifath Shaarook On Why Compliance And Picking The Right Licenses Are The Hardest Part Of Space And Defense
Rifath Shaarook, Co-Founder and CEO of Catalyx Space, says building a satellite is easier than the compliance around it. The hardest part is figuring out which license applies, ITU or FAA, and which military, NASA, or ESA standards to maintain. Get it wrong, and technical talent won't save the team.He also walks Steve through Catalyx's foldable heat shield. It uses cable tension to deploy wider in space, so it faces 900 to 1,000 degrees instead of 2,500 or more and can use much lighter material.Topics discussed:- Navigating ITU frequency coordination and FAA licensing- Tracking military, NASA, and ESA standards- Understanding qualification and testing requirements before building hardware- Engaging defense stakeholders from the first design validation- Using cable tension and tensegrity to deploy reentry heat shields- Designing reentry vehicles for a 1:1 payload-to-mass ratio- Lowering return costs toward $5,000 per kilogram- Removing the founder bottleneck to scale business developmentListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite
- 3 weeks ago51 min
EP 125 — GaardTech's Steen Bisgaard On The Robotic Fighting Echelon Reshaping Land Warfare
Steen Bisgaard spent over a decade in the Australian Army's Armoured Corps before founding GaardTech to build the combat robots he wished he had in the field. His concept of a "robotic fighting echelon," where autonomous systems hold terrain, deny access, and strike before human formations ever engage, is now being validated in live operations across four nations.GaardTech's Jaeger robotic munition systems survive .50 cal fire and operate across land, littoral, and air domains. Built with full vertical integration and zero outside capital, the company manufactures across Australia, the UK, and the US. The Australian Army recently completed its first live UGV detonation using GaardTech hardware.Topics discussed:- Why robotic fighting echelons will define future land warfare- Building a defense company on revenue instead of venture capital- Vertical integration as a competitive advantage in robotic systems- The 20/40/40 lethality matrix and defense budget gaps- Jaeger robots built to deny terrain and survive direct fire- Scaling internationally across AUKUS nations from 20 employees- Standalone edge autonomy as an alternative to swarming- Lessons from Afghanistan and Ukraine on robotic warfareListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite
- Oct 8, 202636 min
EP 124 — Asylon's Damon Henry On How Selling Outcomes Instead Of Robots Changes Defense Acquisition
Asylon showed up to an Air Force aircraft inspection demo with zero general visual inspection software. While every competitor brought five or six people, Asylon operated a drone and robot dog around an aircraft with one person on the ground, controlled remotely from Philadelphia. That proved to the Air Force that autonomous robot operations at scale was the harder problem to solve.Damon Henry, CEO and Co-Founder of Asylon, tells Dave how the company built a managed robotic security service with over 350,000 autonomous missions logged. Damon breaks down why selling outcomes instead of robots changes the acquisition equation, and why NDAA-compliant hardware built for defense makes their commercial business stronger by default.Topics discussed:- From Boeing and GE to co-founding an autonomous robotics company- Building hardware as a means to software and data- Selling security as a service instead of selling robots- Winning a Phase 3 Air Force contract for aircraft inspections- Operating robot dogs and drones with minimal human footprint- NDAA-compliant manufacturing as a dual-use advantage- Filling security labor shortages with persistent autonomous patrols- The blank screen vision for future security operationsListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite
- Oct 1, 202638 min
EP 123 — Overmatch Ventures' Morgan Hitzig On The Founder Offset And Why America Wins By Playing Its Own Game
If 85% of defense M&A exits land below $100 million in enterprise value, why are so many defense tech founders raising at valuations unmoored from the fundamentals? Morgan Hitzig, General Partner at Overmatch Ventures, thinks the answer lies in who founders take money from and whether those investors understand budget cycles, colors of money, and what it takes to scale production.Morgan walks Dave through how Overmatch deploys its oversubscribed $250 million fund across deep tech, defense, and space at the pre-seed to Series A stage. She introduces the "Founder Offset" thesis, where America's edge over China is thousands of founders nobody had to approve, and explains why supply chain single points of failure are where she sees the most urgent gaps.Topics discussed:- Deploying a $250M fund from pre-seed to Series A- The "Founder Offset" thesis against China's central planning- Spotting "forces of nature" founders on a first call- Why inflated valuations risk defense tech longevity- Mapping single points of failure across defense supply chains- The "bring your own operator" syndrome in government sales- How the Office of Strategic Capital changes venture math- Understanding colors of money and budget cyclesListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite
- Sep 24, 202641 min
EP 122 — AEVEX's Manan Patel On The Modular Drone Strategy That Won Army Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR)
Manan Patel deployed to Iraq as a civilian engineer and mission commander on airborne ISR platforms, then left the government lab with no business plan to start Special Operations Solutions. A decade later, private equity merged his company with two others to form AEVEX, which went public on the NYSE and has delivered over 6,000 autonomous platforms.As CTO, Manan explains how AEVEX's CompassCore hardware-software stack runs across every platform size and domain, enabling mass production by design. He breaks down ForgeX, a 3D printing capability that lets operators build and fly drones in the field without AEVEX personnel.Topics discussed:- Deploying to Iraq as a civilian engineer on ISR platforms- Founding Special Operations Solutions and scaling to PE acquisition- Designing Atlas for the Army's launched effect short range program- Building CompassCore as a common stack across all platforms- Operating autonomous UAS in GPS denied and comms degraded environments- Forward-deployable drone manufacturing with ForgeX- Separating kinetic and surveillance payloads with modular nose cones- Scaling from prototype to full rate productionListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite
- Sep 17, 202635 min
EP 121 — Tidal Flight's Jude Augustine On Building The First Clean Sheet Seaplane In Decades
Seaplane design hasn't changed since the 1950s. Jude Augustine, Co-Founder and CEO of Tidal Flight, is building Polaris, a hybrid electric amphibious aircraft designed to turn a four-hour coastal trip into two hours door to door while giving the military runway independence in the Pacific. Polaris is the launchpad for Tidal to grow into a next-generation aircraft manufacturer with a vision for aircraft across categories.Before even raising a seed round, Jude and his Georgia Tech co-founders secured 10 letters of intent from seaplane and commuter airlines worldwide. Their dual use approach pairs commercial coastal mobility with contested logistics capability, backed by a supplier model that keeps capital needs low and risk focused on the novel systems that matter most.Topics discussed:- Why seaplane operating costs stayed high for decades and what changes now- Choosing a supplier model over vertical integration after seeing Beta Technologies- Securing 10 airline letters of intent before raising a seed round- Building a series hybrid powertrain using the DeltaHawk compression ignition engine- Flying three 1:6 scale prototypes to prove hull hydrodynamics- Dual use strategy pairing commercial coastal mobility with Pacific defense missions- Saying no to defense funding that pulls away from the core aircraft program- Designing for autonomy readiness without building an autonomy suiteListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite
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The DIB Innovators podcast celebrates the brilliant minds behind innovation within the Defense Industrial Base. In each episode, host and co-founder of RADICL, David Graff will speak with DIB leaders who are driving technological advancements, championing our nation’s security, and shaping the future of defense technology.Brought to you by RADICL — Cybersecurity-as-a-Service purpose-built for small and mid-sized businesses in the Defense Industrial Base. Starting your CMMC journey? RADICL guides and accelerates your compliance—while reducing ransomware and other cyber risks—with a transparent, turn-key solution.www.radicl.com/cmmc_solved
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