May 6, 2026
Billions are spent on defense
technology every year.
A surprising amount of it never makes it into real-world
use.
In this episode of Mission Critical: Defense and Aerospace Recruiting, Katherine Jerald sits down with Duke Hartman, CEO at Integer Technologies, to unpack one of the most misunderstood problems in the...
Apr 1, 2026
Everyone talks about missiles.
Almost no one talks about the bottleneck that decides whether they actually get built.
In this episode of Mission Critical: Defense and Aerospace Recruiting, Katherine Jerald sits down with Will Edwards, CEO and co-founder of Firehawk Aerospace, to discuss the overlooked weakness inside...
Mar 4, 2026
DevSecOps is talked about constantly in
defense and national security.
Very few leaders actually have to make it work in real mission
environments.
In this episode of Mission Critical: Defense and Aerospace Recruiting, Katherine Jerald sits down with Yolanda Clarke, Founder and CEO of Powder River Industries, to break...
Feb 4, 2026
What if military satellite communications worked on standard cell
phones?
Not as a future concept, but today.
In this episode of Mission Critical: Defense and Aerospace Recruiting, Katherine Jerald is joined by Tim Hillner, co-founder of Fairwinds Technologies, to unpack a breakthrough that is redefining tactical...
Jan 7, 2026
Small engineering firms are not just competing with the primes… they may be the future of national security space.
Janet Grondin, CEO of Stellar Solutions, joins Mission Critical to explain why small systems engineering companies are positioned to solve the hardest problems in the space ecosystem, and why...