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Defense & Aerospace Report

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Welcome to the Defense and Aerospace Report podcast, our weekly podcast on the global defense and aerospace business sponsored by Bell, and hosted by Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Each week, we’ll bring you interviews with industry leaders and the business’ best analysts to put events in context, identify trends and keep an eye on what’s next in a fast-moving world. Defense & Aerospace Report is your global source for national security and aerospace news, thought leadership and analysis, founded and edited by Vago Muradian.

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Defense & Aerospace Daily Pod [Nov 17, 22] Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley of Death

November 17, 2022 19:59 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Jerry McGinn, the executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University who served in the Pentagon’s office of manufacturing and industrial base policy and his colleague, Eric Lofgren, a research fellow specializing in government contracting, discuss their new report, with Lloyd Everhart — “Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley of Death” — on how innovative smaller companies wi...

Cyber Report [Nov 16, 22] A Conversation w/ Cyber Legend Jeff Man

November 16, 2022 21:22 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Jeff Man, who was one of the first group of “Red Team” hackers at the National Security Agency’s “Pit” to improve US government security and is now a senior security consultant at IT services company Online Business Systems and the co-host of the Paul’s Security Weekly podcast along with Paul Asadoorian, discusses lessons from his nearly 40-year career including what constitutes a hacker, how threats and defenses have ch...

DEFAERO Strategy Series [Nov 15, ’22] w/ Dr. Chris Miller

November 15, 2022 15:56 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MB

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Chris Miller,  professor of international history at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, discusses his recent book “Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology,” why chips are so critical to global economic and military power, the global nature of the microchip industry, how America lost its technological lead, China’s strategy to...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Nov 14, 22] Sam Bendett, Dr. Michael Shurkin & Byron Callan

November 14, 2022 17:55 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for a New American Security discusses what’s next now that Ukraine has liberated Kherson from Russian occupation, Moscow’s drive to circumvent the normal acquisition system to rush new equipment to the frontlines, and impact of mounting criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dr. Michael Shurkin of the Atlantic Council and Syracuse University’s Maxwell Sch...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Nov 13, ’22 Business Report]

November 13, 2022 22:17 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MB

On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics: — Defense and aerospace stock performance as Wall Street has it’s best day in two years driven by lower than expected US Consumer Price Index raising hopes that Federal Reserve will forego additional planned short-term borrowing rate increases to reduce inflation — Investor vi...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Nov 11, ’22]

November 11, 2022 17:00 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MB

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, EJ Herold, the executive director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Americas and Michael Herson of American Defense International. Topics: — The implications of the surprise mid-term outcome that is characterized as ...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Nov 10, 22] Improbable Defense's Caitlin Dohrman

November 10, 2022 18:23 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Caitlin Dohrman, the president of Improbable US Defense & National Security, discusses the company’s unique synthetic environment capabilities, the role of cutting-edge commercial capabilities for defense applications for better wargaming, scenario development as well as immersive synthetic training environments, the future of the technology and how small companies can grow into tomorrow’s giants with Defense & Aerospace ...

Cyber Report [Nov 09, 22] Suzanne Spaulding on Securing Elections

November 09, 2022 21:31 - 34 minutes - 47 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Suzanne Spaulding, the senior adviser for homeland security and director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses efforts to secure US elections including Tuesday’s midterms, the interagency process to safeguard America’s voting infrastructure, countering domestic and foreign disinformation, how to ensure fair elections in the wake of the election o...

Defaero Daily Pod [Nov 08, 22] Command & Control Series Pt2

November 08, 2022 13:45 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MB

In the second of a six-part series on command and control, sponsored Ultra Intelligence & Communications, Bryan Clark, the director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Chris Dougherty of the Center for a New American Security, and Heather Penney of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, discuss the Pentagon’s new Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy, whether the new approach will field capability at the speed of relevance, an update on each of the service’s comm...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Nov 07, 22] Sam Bendett & Byron Callan

November 07, 2022 18:08 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for a New American Security discusses Russia’s strikes against Ukraine’s power, water and heating networks, how Ukrainian forces are defending against Russia’s Iranian-made drones, Ukraine’s forces’ advance on Kherson, impact of Russian mobilization and fresh forces on the Kherson front, Washington’s suggestion that Kyiv be open to negotiations, and Byron Callan ...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Nov 06, ’22 Business Report]

November 06, 2022 20:38 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MB

On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics: — Defense and aerospace stock performance on US and European markets and reaction to move by Federal Reserve to raise short-term borrowing rates by 75 basis points  — Analysis of Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun’s comments during the company’s investor day in Seattle that the jet maker...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Nov 04, ’22]

November 04, 2022 14:58 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MB

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security and Michael Herson of American Defense International. Topics: — Update on NDAA and prospects for an...

DEFAERO Strategy Series [Nov 03, ’22] w/ John Kirby

November 03, 2022 16:37 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MB

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, John Kirby, a retired US Navy rear admiral and former Pentagon, State Department, and Navy chief spokesman who is now the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, discusses the changing communications landscape and the increasing need to respond rapidly to emerging news and narratives, the critical importance of story telling when crafting str...

Cyber Report [Nov 02, 22] Mike Rogers on Cyber Elements of the Nat'l Sec and Defense Strategies

November 02, 2022 21:00 - 33 minutes - 45.3 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Adm. Mike Rogers, USN Ret., the former director of the National Security Agency and commander of the US Cyber Command who is now the chairman of the advisory board of cybersecurity firm Claroty, discusses the cyber and intelligence aspects of the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy, the importance of both deterring China and Russia while working to improve cybersecurity cooperation with Beijing a...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Nov 01 , 22] AIA's Eric Fanning

November 01, 2022 16:15 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Eric Fanning, the president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, discusses the annual workforce study the trade body the organization develops with the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Ernst & Young consultancy — “How do you reshape today’s workforce and attract tomorrow’s talent?” — the impact of the CHIPS Act on developing future talent, the impact of inflation and supply chains on...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Oct 31 , 22] Sam Bendett, Dr Bill Conley & Byron Callan

October 31, 2022 20:12 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses who is also affiliated with the Center for a New American Security discuses Ukraine’s coordinated attack against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol using unmanned air and surface vehicles; Dr. Bill Conley, the chief technology officer at Mercury Systems who is also the chairman of the Association of Old Crows, discusses on takeaways from AOC’s 59th annual conference and tra...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Oct 30, ’22 Business Report]

October 30, 2022 17:54 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MB

On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics: — Wall Street rallies on as positive earnings and encouraging American economic growth — Airbus, Boeing, General Dynamics, L3Harris, MTU, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies, Saab and Thales earnings — Whether pressure will mount on industry over share buybacks as politica...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Oct 28, ’22]

October 28, 2022 16:18 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MB

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security and Michael Herson of American Defense International. Topics: — Update on National Defense Authoriz...

DefAero Daily Podcast [Oct 27 , 22] Randy Schriver on Latest Policy Discussions on China & Taiwan

October 27, 2022 12:09 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Randy Schriver, a former assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs who is now the chairman of the Project 2049 Institute to fully normalize relations between the United States and Taiwan, discusses think tank’s new China Economic Strategy Initiative that aims to help US leaders craft better strategies to compete against China — and do it more quickly — assessing the Biden administration’s toughening...

Cyber Report [Oct 27, 22] Nick Nilan & Bulelani Jili

October 26, 2022 19:06 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Nick Nilan’s, Fortress’ new chief revenue officer, discusses the implications of the Biden administration’s drive to shift from attestation to certifiable software bills of origin and materials to improve supply chain security, what it will take to improve security across government and industry, and how cyber threats continue to evolve; and Bulelani Jili, a Yenching scholar, cybersecurity fellow and PhD candidate at Har...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Oct 25 , 22] Dr Harlan Ullman & CNAS' Paul Scharre

October 25, 2022 19:47 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Harlan Ullman, an Atlantic Council senior advisor, strategist and author who is the chairman of the Killowen Group consultancy, discusses the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy and why it and the upcoming National Defense Strategy are both aspirational and unaffordable in his column “A National Security Strategy that is Viable and Affordable,” and the life and legacy of former Defense Secretary Ash Cart...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Oct 24 , 22] Metrea's Todd Harrison & Bryon Callan's Week Ahead

October 24, 2022 16:16 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Todd Harrison, the managing director for Metrea Strategic Insights, discusses his analysis of the Biden administration’s defense budget plans including growing personnel costs even before a planned 4.6 percent pay raise, what happens if the pay raise jumps to 6 percent because of inflation, a possible shortfall in operations and maintenance funding, budget share by military service and why Air Force funding is falling sho...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Oct 23, ’22 Business Report]

October 23, 2022 20:58 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MB

On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics: — Aerospace and defense stock performance as Wall Street posts its strongest day since June on growing sense coming recession is likely to be mild than severe as earnings continue to worry and Fed prepares to again raise rates — What Lockheed Martin’s earnings and L3Harris’ de...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Oct 21, ’22]

October 21, 2022 17:05 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MB

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute and Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security.  Topics: — European sentiment on Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine as Kyiv plans major offensiv...

DEFAERO Strategy Series [Oct 20, ’22] w/ Dr. Philip Karber

October 20, 2022 18:43 - 57 minutes - 79 MB

Dr. Philip Karber, the president of the Potomac Foundation think tank, discusses the difference between good and bad strategy, the importance of crafting long-term competitive strategies, lessons from Russia’s war on Ukraine, how those lessons apply to China, the need for renewed focus and attention on nuclear warfighting and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. This conversation is sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and devoted to the memory of one of the...

Cyber Report [Oct 20, 22] Philip Niedermair on Cyber as Cost or Enabler

October 19, 2022 20:02 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Philip Niedermair, a managing director at the Ward & Berry law firm who is also chairman of the board of advisers at the National Cyber Group and a senior advisor to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0, discusses commission priorities, changing the prevalent mindset that cyber security is a costly burden rather than a critically important economic and security enabler, attracting more diverse talent to the cyber workf...

Defaero Daily Pod [Oct 18, 22] UK's Anne-Marie Trevelyan & Mark Goldsack,

October 18, 2022 19:06 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Britain’s secretary of state for transportation, discusses the UK government’s new maritime strategy and the vital links between maritime trade and seapower, and Mark Goldsack, a retired British Army brigadier who now serves as the director of the Department for International Trade’s Defence and Security Exports, discusses Britain’s security assistance to Ukraine including systems and training, globa...

DEFAERO Daily Pod[Oct 17, 22] Faine Greenwood on Commercial UAVs & Byron Callan's Week Ahead

October 17, 2022 17:34 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Faine Greenwood of Tarentum Consulting and contributor to Slate and Foreign Policy who is an expert on commercial drones discusses how commercially available systems are being used on the battlefield by both Ukraine and Russia, how they are being used, future capabilities and how governments can better defend themselves against weaponized commercial systems; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Cap...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Oct 16, ’22 Business Report]

October 16, 2022 22:49 - 49 minutes - 67.3 MB

On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics: — Rising inflation prompts worries of further Fed rate hikes drives Wall Street down 1.6 percent for the week and S&P 500 down a quarter since beginning of year — Erroneous perception by some investors that Ukraine’s success and recent statement by Russian President Vladimir P...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Oct 14, ’22]

October 14, 2022 16:01 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MB

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute and Dr. Kathleen McInnis, the director of the Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Topics: — Russian decision to evacuate Kherson as Ukrainian forces continue their drive to liberate...

Cyber Report [Oct 13, 22] Mark Montgomery Review's Biden Admin's Latest Cyber Security Initiatives

October 13, 2022 17:58 - 30 minutes - 42 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral who is now the the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and director of the bipartisan Cyber Solarium 2.0 Commission, discusses the White House meeting next week to craft a national strategy to secure the Internet of Things, legislative changes and spending needed to improve IoT security, whether t...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Oct 12, 22] Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo

October 12, 2022 12:38 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Gabe Camarillo, the 35th under secretary of the US Army, discusses lessons learned from Russia’s war on Ukraine, replenishing weapons stocks, capabilities the service is developing for future conflicts, the new Field Manual 3.0, the role of the US Army and Air Force in America’s long-range precision strike architecture, the service’s Pacific role and case against shrinking the force to cover air and naval capacity, and th...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Oct 11, 22] Philip Bilden and Raj Shah Talk Shield Capital

October 11, 2022 19:33 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, private equity veteran Philip Bilden and former DIU chief Raj Shah discuss the new venture capital fund they founded, Shield Capital, on the $120 million fund’s first anniversary, the firm’s investments in more than 70 companies, technology areas of focus, how the teams picks the right investment candidates, the fund’s partnership with L3Harris, the concept of “clean capital” and how the VC community can be harnessed for ...

DefAero Daily Pod [Oct 10, 22] Sam Bendett & Byron Callan Review Headlines and Set the Week

October 10, 2022 21:44 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for a New American Security discusses Russia’s war on Ukraine and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the United States Army’s conference and tradeshow and a looks at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Oct 09, ’22 Business Report]

October 09, 2022 15:10 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MB

On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics: — Update on US and European markets and impact on defense and aerospace shares as worries grow that central banks will further increase borrowing rates and impending recession — Implications of OPEC Plus decision to cut production to drive up oil prices — Boeing update that 73...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Oct 07, ’22]

October 07, 2022 15:46 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MB

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security and Michael Herson of American Defense International. Topics: — Update on legislation that could im...

Defense & Aerospace Report [Oct 07,22] Countering the UAS Threat w/ Raytheon’s Abel Ghanooni

October 07, 2022 12:43 - 12 minutes - 17 MB

**Sponsored Content** On this special edition of the Defense & Aerospace Report, Raytheon Missiles and Defense’s Abel Ghanooni, the Senior Director leading Short Range Air Defense and Rapid Development Programs discusses the company’s sensors and weapon systems to detect, engage and defend against Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) with Special Productions Producer John Schofield. This conversation is part of our Association of the United States Army coverage and was sponsored Raytheon M...

DefAero Daily Pod [Oct 06, 22] Command & Control Series Pt1

October 06, 2022 21:46 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MB

In the first of a six-part series on command and control, sponsored Ultra Intelligence & Communications, Dr. David Pustai, the company’s senior vice president and chief technology officer, discusses technological advances that will enable the realization of the Pentagon’s top priority Joint All-Domain Command and Control program, the role of cognitive sciences in future battle networks, how automation will change decision making, trust and increasingly automated systems, how military culture ...

Cyber Report [Oct 05, 22] Convo w/ Britain’s Cyber Security AmbassadorJuliette Wilcox

October 05, 2022 18:22 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Juliette Wilcox, Britain’s Cyber Security Ambassador with Department for International Trade, discusses emerging global cyber threats, improving security, the products and skills in demand on global markets, training a new generation of cyber talent, why it’s vital to draw experienced professionals from beyond technical fields to the cyber field, and determining what to export — and what not — with Defense & Aerospace Re...

Daily Podcast [Oct 04, 22] Thinking About & Reacting To North Korean Missile Threat

October 04, 2022 18:19 - 32 minutes - 45 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Patrick Cronin, the Asia-Pacific security chair at the Hudson Institute think tank, discusses North Korea’s ballistic missile test over Japan, what’s next as Pyongyang also prepares for a nuclear test, how Washington and its allies should respond, and countering the axis among China, Russia and North Korea; and Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, USN Ret., a former director of operations at the US Indo-Pacific Command who is n...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Oct 03, 22]Sam Bendett & Byron Callan

October 03, 2022 19:01 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for a New American Security discusses Russia’s war on Ukraine including Kyiv’s gains as Moscow annexed four occupied Ukraine provinces, criticism of Vladimir Putin’s handling of the war including from the president’s close allies, and how Russia is using Iranian drones; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses ...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Oct 02, ’22 Business Report]

October 02, 2022 22:43 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MB

On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics: — Down week on Wall Street that included drop in defense and aerospace equities — Impact of Truss government’s announcement of tax cuts and higher government spending on the British pound and UK borrowing rates — Longevity of the Truss administration and outlook on UK defens...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Sep 30, ’22]

September 30, 2022 16:31 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MB

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security and Michael Herson of American Defense International. Topics: — Congress on verge of passing contin...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Sep 29, 22] Aeralis' Approach to Aircraft Modularity

September 29, 2022 16:13 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Tristan Crawford, the CEO of AERALIS, discusses the innovative British company’s approach to developing a family of modular manned and unmanned aircraft for strike, training, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions based on a common center fuselage that can except a range of power plants, wings, cockpits and mission modules to lower acquisition, sustainment an upgrade costs with Defense & Aerospa...

Cyber Report [Sep 28, 22] Justin Sherman on How to Better Secure the IoT Ecosystem

September 28, 2022 10:30 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Justin Sherman of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative who also is a Wired Magazine contributor, discusses the new report by the think tank that he co-authored — “Security in the Billions: Toward a Multinational Strategy to Better Secure the IoT Ecosystem” — to craft a systemic global approach to improve the cyber security as internet-connected and enabled devices proliferate with Defense & Aerospace Report...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Sep 27, 22] AFA Wrap-up

September 27, 2022 23:38 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dave Deptula, a retired US Air Force lieutenant general who is now the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace studies, discusses key takeaways from the Air and Space Forces Association’s annual Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow, Raanan Horowitz, the president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, discusses the strategic business environment, inflation, supply chains, the changing nature of competition as new f...

Daily Pod[Sep 26, 22] Patrick Cronin, Sam Bendett & Byron Callan Review Headlines and Set the Week

September 26, 2022 18:33 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Patrick Cronin, the Asia-Pacific Security chair at the Hudson Institute, discusses erroneous social media speculation over the weekend that Chinese leader Xi Jinping was deposed in a coup and what can be learned from the episode; Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for a New American Security with an update on Russia’s war on Ukraine and whether Vladimir Putin’s manpower mobilization, annexatio...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Sep 25, ’22 Business Report]

September 25, 2022 22:14 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MB

On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics:  — US and European defense and aerospace equities as world markets react to rising interest and yield rates as signs of impending recession — Impact of rising dollar as pound and euro fall, and British government rolls out new budget that includes tax cuts — Takeaways from Air...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Sep 23, ’22]

September 23, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MB

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security and Michael Herson of American Defense International. Topics: — Update on National Defense Authoriz...

Cyber Report [Sep 22, 22] FDD's Cyber Solarium Tracker & Cyber Lessons from F-35 Revelations

September 22, 2022 17:01 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MB

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral who is now the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and senior adviser on the bipartisan Cyber Solarium 2.0 commission, discusses the new report he co-authored with FDD’s Jiwon Ma —“2022 Report on Implementation” of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s recommendations — including legislations that’...