The Defense Tech Underground Podcast
1) 015: Rylan Hamilton & Austin Gray – Blue Water Autonomy: Building the Navy’s Future Fleet
Rylan Hamilton and Austin Gray are co-founders of Blue Water Autonomy, a venture-backed defense tech startup designing and building the next generation of autonomous ships for the U.S. Navy and beyond...Show More
2) 014: John Clark & Chris Moran – Lockheed Martin: Innovation with Purpose
John Clark is Senior Vice President of Technology and Strategic Innovation at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the legendary advanced development program behind the U-2, SR-71, F-117, and F-35. Over his 2...Show More
3) 013: Jonny Dyer - Delivering Earth Intelligence With Muon Space
Jonny Dyer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations that deliver mission-critical data. Prior to Mu...Show More
4) 012: Ray Powell and SeaLight - Shedding Light on China’s Gray Zone Activities in the Indo-Pacific
Ray Powell is the Founder and Director of SeaLight, a maritime transparency project of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University. He is also the co-host of the “W...Show More
5) 011: Dr. Craig Martell - The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
Dr. Craig Martell served as the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the DOD from June 2022 through April 2024. While at the Pentagon, he helped the Department of Defense modernize th...Show More
011: Dr. Craig Martell - The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
1:07:26 | May 2nd, 2025
6) 010: Dan Berkenstock: The Journey From Space Founder to Defense Tech Advisor
Dan Berkenstock is an entrepreneur, aerospace engineer, and Stanford PhD who co-founded Skybox Imaging, a satellite imaging company acquired by Google in 2014. He is a Distinguished Research Fellow at...Show More
010: Dan Berkenstock: The Journey From Space Founder to Defense Tech Advisor
1:12:37 | Apr 4th, 2025
7) 009: Jeff Decker - The Hacking for Defense Manual
Dr. Jeff Decker is managing director of the Technology Transition for Defense Program and co-instructor of Hacking for Defense at Stanford University. Before academia, Jeff served in the U.S. Army as ...Show More
8) 008: Pat Ryan & Rob Wittman: U.S. House Defense Modernization Caucus
Representative Rob Wittman is a Republican representing Virginia’s 1st Congressional district in the US House of Representatives. Representative Pat Ryan is a Democrat representing New York’s 18th Con...Show More
9) 007: Wyman Howard - Build a Little, Test a Little, Learn a Lot - Innovation in the SEAL Teams
On this episode of the Defense Tech Underground, RADM (ret.) Wyman Howard - the former commander of the elite Navy Special Warfare Group and later the entire SEAL community - shares leadership lessons...Show More
10) 006: John Goodson - From Deployment to Darkhive
John Goodson is the co-founder and CEO of Darkhive, an early stage drone startup based in San Antonio, TX. John served from 2007-2016 in the United States Navy, primarily as a combat technician suppor...Show More