Welcome back to GovCon Unscripted! I’m your host, Chelsea Roberts, and in this episode, I sit down with JL Hancock—a retired Naval cryptologist and innovation expert with two decades of experience in defense technology.
We talk about his work with SEAL teams, innovation funding, overcoming acquisition hurdles, and his pivot into writing techno-thrillers.
On this episode, we discuss:
🧠 What it takes to innovate within the bureaucracy of the Department of Defense
💡 How JL leveraged labs and OTAs to build cutting-edge solutions
📚 Why he turned to writing and what inspires his techno-thriller novels