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Todays show:

True Anomaly’s Even Rogers joins Jason to discuss US competitiveness and innovation space and defense tech (8:53). They also dive into True Anomaly’s innovations (26:41), securing government contracts (31:41), and more!

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Timestamps:

(0:00) True Anomaly’s Even Rogers joins Jason

(4:35) Space innovations and True Anomaly's tech

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(8:53) Space defense, treaties, and infrastructure resilience

(17:01) Space warfare challenges and scenarios

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(23:41) Securing government contracts for space and defense startups

(26:41) True Anomaly’s Jackal deployment

(31:41) Defense contracting: cost-plus vs. fixed price models

(34:19) International sales of defense technology and regulations on defense tech exports

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(37:57) Defense industry's role in capitalism and global politics

(43:19) Taiwan-China conflict and its global impact

(46:49) The major concern with new weapons technology

(50:29) Jam With JCal contest winner Ana Malhotra from Rome joins Jason

(54:24) Jason’s feedback for Rome

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