In this episode, Mike and Jake catch up on defense techhappenings.

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00:36 intro

03:31 defense tech investing

17:25 Anduril & Golden Dome

18:13 Golden Dome

25:51 frequency auctioning

28:12 Ukraine forcing a US reckoning

34:27 DIU criticism

42:24 the 4th offset?

46:39 Sun Tzu terrain

47:45 the torpedo

50:05 Ukraine drones and Israeli pagers

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 where modeling and simulation (M&S) matters.

This week, Raytheon (an RTX company) joins us to discuss how they are leading the way with Rapid Campaign Analysis and Demonstration Environment (RCADE), a campaign-level M&S capability built to help decision-makers think beyond individual systems and enables them to see the entire operational ecosystem.

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In this episode, Mike sits down with Sheila Cummings,founder, president, and CEO of Cummings Aerospace.

Cummings Aero started in 2009 supporting the Huntsville,Alabama missile market, but recently decided to launch their own product—the Hellhound.

The Hellhound S3 is a man-portable, 3D-printe,d jet-powered kamikaze drone...and we have the FIRST-PUBLIC views of the actual drone—audio and video!

BREAKING NEWS: Sheila also announced a new variant—theHellhound S4. It’s tube-launched, bigger, better, and even faster than the S3!

If you're into military drones, cutting-edge tech, and thestart-up culture of finding ways to help the warfighter—this episode is for you.

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00:00 start

01:18 intro

01:56 origin story

05:03 high speed background

06:34 Hellhound origin story

10:54 introducing the Hellhound

11:27 3D-printed

12:31 finding an engine

13:34 See the Hellhound

21:20 naming the Hellhound

22:39 family of drones

24:38 supersonic variant

29:22 China & Industrialization

32:32 Industrial Mobilization Board

35:47 outro