Archive - Crossing the Valley

June 2025

Ep. 49: From Blockbusters to Battlefields

How a former NYU film student and Brooklyn native built a drone for GPS-denied environments in Ukraine

Jun 25 •

44:57

Ep. 48: What the Army Learned from Arcane Thunder

Lt Col Tommy Burns and Lt Col Aaron Ritzema re-join us to share their lessons from Arcane Thunder 25

Jun 18 •

45:23

Ep. 47: The Rebirth of the United Launch Alliance

We traveled to Florida to witness a rocket launch... and experience the rebirth of a legacy player

Jun 11 •

52:17

Ep. 46: Meet the Tech Heretic Foiling China's Attempts to Take Over the Grid

Joshua Steinman, CEO and Co-founder of Galvanick (and former Sr Director at the NSC) joins us to talk about (perhaps?) the most pressing threat we face

Jun 4 •

36:48

May 2025

Ep. 45: What I Learned at SOF Week (Pt 2)

Featuring the CEOs and Co-founders of Aurum Systems, EdgeRunner AI and Distributed Spectrum

May 28 •

35:00

Ep. 44: SPECIAL EDITION - A Peek into SOF Week (Pt. 1)

Founders of three startups headed to SOF Week join us to share their stories (and strategies) ahead of the year's most widely attended defense tech…

May 21 •

51:21

Ep. 43: The New Cavalry is Coming

LTC Thomas Burns and LTC Aaron Ritzema join us from Germany for a look at the 2nd Multi Domain Task Force and their upcoming exercise

May 14 •

33:57

Ep 42: The Navy's Acquisition Overhaul

Navy CTO Justin Fanelli and Surface Fleet CTO Artem Sherbinin share how Department is transforming how it buys tech to meet an urgent, non-negotiable…

May 7 •

38:20

April 2025

Ep 41: Onebrief is Reimagining Military Planning

CEO and Founder Grant DeMaree shares stories from his gritty journey to modernize and right-size DoD mission planning.

Apr 30 •

42:22

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