Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 125
Frequency: Several times a week
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: < 100
Gender skew: Male
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 673 subscribers
Instagram: 401 followers
Contact Information
Publicly listed emails
production@frontlines.io
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Host
David Graff - Co-founder of RADICL, a cybersecurity-as-a-service company serving small and midsized businesses in the Defense Industrial Base.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Gary Calnan - Pivoting From In-space Metal Processing To Power Electronics, SBIR Contracts, Dual-use Defense Applications, Capital-efficient Growth, And Scaling Space Hardware Manufacturing.
Phil Duong - Mission Command For Autonomous Forces, Software-defined Effects, Operations In Denied Environments, Coordination Of Multi-vendor Autonomous Systems, And Defense-tech Funding.
Dario Valenza - Long-endurance Drone Design, Carbon-fiber Composites, Beyond-visual-line-of-sight Certification, Commercial And Defense Applications, And Scaling Aircraft Production.
Jon Williams - Vertically Integrated Munitions Manufacturing, Technical Data Packs, Frontline-informed Defense Innovation, American-owned Production, And Capital Raising For Veteran-owned Defense Companies.
Vibhav Altekar - Designing Autonomous Vessels From The Ground Up, Contested Communications Environments, Collaborative Autonomy, Unmanned Maritime Operations, And Accelerating Defense Hardware Testing.
Recent Topics
Episodes
EP 124 — Asylon's Damon Henry On How Selling Outcomes Instead Of Robots Changes Defense Acquisition
October 08, 2026
Asylon showed up to an Air Force aircraft inspection demo with zero general visual inspection software. While every competitor brought five or six people, Asylon operated a drone and robot dog around an aircraft with one person on the ground, controlled remotely from Philadelphia. That proved to the Air Force that autonomous robot operations at scale was the harder problem to solve.Damon Henry, CEO and Co-Founder of Asylon, tells Dave how the company built a managed robotic security service w...
EP 123 — Overmatch Ventures' Morgan Hitzig On The Founder Offset And Why America Wins By Playing Its Own Game
October 01, 2026
If 85% of defense M&A exits land below $100 million in enterprise value, why are so many defense tech founders raising at valuations unmoored from the fundamentals? Morgan Hitzig, General Partner at Overmatch Ventures, thinks the answer lies in who founders take money from and whether those investors understand budget cycles, colors of money, and what it takes to scale production.Morgan walks Dave through how Overmatch deploys its oversubscribed $250 million fund across deep tech, defense...
EP 122 — AEVEX's Manan Patel On The Modular Drone Strategy That Won Army Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR)
September 24, 2026
Manan Patel deployed to Iraq as a civilian engineer and mission commander on airborne ISR platforms, then left the government lab with no business plan to start Special Operations Solutions. A decade later, private equity merged his company with two others to form AEVEX, which went public on the NYSE and has delivered over 6,000 autonomous platforms.As CTO, Manan explains how AEVEX's CompassCore hardware-software stack runs across every platform size and domain, enabling mass production b...
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Frequently asked questions
How do I get in touch with DIB Innovators?
DIB Innovators is hosted by David Graff. Its publicly listed email is production@frontlines.io. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
What is the email for DIB Innovators?
The publicly listed email for DIB Innovators: production@frontlines.io.
How many listeners does DIB Innovators have?
Podseeker estimates DIB Innovators reaches fewer than 100 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Who is an ideal guest for DIB Innovators?
DIB Innovators typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Defense-technology founders, CEOs, CTOs, senior engineering leaders, military veterans turned entrepreneurs, and executives with meaningful government, prime-contractor, or dual-use technology experience. Common among recent guests: Building or scaling defense, aerospace, maritime, autonomy, or advanced manufacturing companies; Winning significant government contracts or SBIR-related opportunities; Deploying validated technologies with defense customers or major industry partners. Recent guests include Gary Calnan, Phil Duong, and Dario Valenza.
How hard is it to get booked on DIB Innovators?
High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.
What topics does DIB Innovators cover?
Recent episodes cover Defense Technology, Aerospace, Autonomous Systems, Cybersecurity, and Manufacturing. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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