On this week's episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report podcast, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, we discuss escalating US-North Korea tensions following President Donald Trump's United Nations General Assembly address, factors impacting Capitol Hill budget deliberations, takeaways from the Air Force Association's 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show, and more. This week's guests include Gordon Adams of American University and the Stimson Center, Nora Bensahel of AU's School of International Service and the Atlantic Council, Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.