DIB Innovators

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

DIB Innovators is a technology podcast hosted by RADICL, with 117 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

RADICL hosts DIB Innovators, a technology show with 117 episodes published.

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  EP 117— NODA AI's Phil Duong On Building Mission Command For Autonomous Forces

  Aug 18, 202645 min

  Phil Duong , CEO and Co-Founder of NODA AI , is building the mission command layer for autonomous forces that nobody else is focused on. His company orchestrates multi-vendor platforms into coordinated effects the way a JTAC pairs aircraft with targets. A Marine Corps naval aviator and JTAC turned defense tech founder, Phil earned NODA AI a $100 million Department of War award to scale mission command for autonomous forces after years refining a thesis on software-defined effects. Topics discussed: - Building a mission command orchestrator for multi-vendor autonomous forces - Flying drones point to point as table stakes - Software-defined effects and working backward from desired end states - Adaptive recomposition when assets go down mid-mission - Operating autonomous systems in disconnected, denied environments - Navigating the triad of warfighter, Pentagon, and Capitol Hill - Why software will overtake hardware in future conflict - Finding investors who truly back founders at the earliest stage Listen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTube Website

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  EP 116 — Carbonix's Dario Valenza On Building 10-Hour Flight Drones That Compete With Helicopters

  Aug 13, 202639 min

  How do you build a drone that flies 10 hours, takes off without a runway, and earns the first beyond visual line of sight certification for its class? Start with a decade of America's Cup yacht racing and a fixation on making structures lighter and faster. Dario Valenza , Founder of Carbonix , breaks down how his team applied carbon fiber composites and first principles design to build a long-range VTOL aircraft now scanning pipelines, power lines, and mine sites. With defense traction including Anduril and a fleet deployed to Ukraine, Dario explains the dual-use model driving Carbonix forward. Topics discussed: - Applying America's Cup composites and rapid iteration to drone design - Building a VTOL aircraft with 8-10 hour flight endurance - Transitioning from airframe OEM to full-service data provider - Earning a world-first SAIL III beyond visual line of sight certification - Designing redundant VTOL systems with separate vertical and horizontal propulsion - Scaling aircraft production from weekly to daily output - Balancing commercial survey revenue with defense ISR applications - Choosing build versus buy for avionics, batteries, and critical subsystems Listen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTube Website

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  EP 115 — WAR Inc's Jon Williams On Building a Defense Company Backwards, From IP to Factory

  Aug 11, 202633 min

  Jon Williams took ownership of technical data packs for munitions from 40 millimeter to 1,000 pound bombs. WAR Inc . is building a single facility where raw materials go in one end and a complete round comes out the other. A combat Marine who served in Fallujah and Sangin before stints at Microsoft and a professional race team, Jon breaks down how frontline feedback from Ukraine drives new munitions development and why American-owned manufacturing is non-negotiable for the DIB. Topics discussed: - Owning technical data packs for munitions from 40mm to 1,000 lb bombs - Building vertically integrated manufacturing for complete rounds - Using frontline feedback from Ukraine to develop new TDPs - Project ONI consortium for full system-of-systems delivery - Why deployable manufacturing may not pencil for real operations - Pushing past 80-year-old munition designs with new technology - Keeping defense manufacturing American-owned and American-built - Raising capital as a lean veteran-owned defense company Listen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTube Website

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  EP 114 — Saronic Technologies' Vibhav Altekar On Building 300 Autonomous Vessels In Two Years For Zero Crew

  Aug 6, 202650 min

  What happens when you design ships for full autonomy from day one instead of retrofitting crewed vessels? At Saronic Technologies , it meant removing living quarters, plumbing, and human-centric systems, then building navigational autonomy and automated ship systems capable of operating 30 to 40 days without human contact. Vibhav Altekar , Co-Founder and CTO, walks Dave through building over 300 Corsairs in under two years, betting early on fully passive sensing for contested RF environments, and the first-ever rescue of a downed aircrew by an unmanned vessel. Topics discussed: Designing autonomous vessels from scratch versus retrofitting crewed ships Building intelligent agents as the foundation for collaborative autonomy Operating fully passive in GPS-denied and contested RF environments Bridging the air-water gap between UAVs and UUVs Encoding mariner expertise into a digital captain for challenging seas Competing with Chinese shipbuilding through autonomous production Partnering with Castellion to launch hypersonic weapons from unmanned platforms Reducing developer-to-ocean testing cycles to 48 hours Listen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTube Website

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  EP 113 — 3Wire Partners' Anita Antenucci On Why 80% Of VC-Backed Defense Suppliers Could Disappear

  Jul 30, 202639 min

  Anita Antenucci , Founder and Managing Partner of 3Wire Partners , has spent three decades and roughly five hundred deals watching the defense capital stack evolve. Venture capital typically funds ten companies knowing only one or two will survive. As more defense suppliers depend on VC money, government risks inheriting that attrition, potentially losing 80% of those providers. Anita explains why proving a prototype in the field is scarcer than the ability to scale, where she sees the strongest deal flow, and why she asks every founder whether they want to be bought or backed. Topics discussed: Matching founder timelines to the right class of private capital Venture capital attrition risk inside the defense supply chain Why battle-tested proof matters more than ability to scale How family offices fill a gap fixed-timeline funds cannot The "messy middle" of connectivity, compute, and cyber protection Space as a military domain driving deal flow and capital Programs of record competing with faster acquisition pathways Demand signal clarity as the biggest capital inefficiency Listen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTube Website

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