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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 Report Podcast [Jun 18, ’23 Business Report]

June 19, 2023 00:26 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy, join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the week on world markets as defense spending uncertainty returns to Washington, industry wide implications of Spirit AeroSystems’ new contract with unionized worker...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jun 16, ’23]

June 16, 2023 11:47 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend now with the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to GOP floor antics as politically unpalatable new budget levels are set, House Armed Services and Defense Appropriations mark...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 13, 23] Ep22: Big Bang Theory

June 15, 2023 20:52 - 33 minutes - 76.5 MB

Big Bang Theory -- An innovative technology promises to drastically increase the range and/or shrink the size of air-launched (and other) munitions. We talk with the CEO of the company that’s making it happen. It’s time for our monthly update on air and missile defense with CSIS’s Tom Karako. And we’ll have the week’s headlines in airpower. It’s 50 pounds of show in a 5-pound bag!

Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [Jun 14, 23] 1Huddle's Sam Caucci & Justin Sherman

June 14, 2023 11:46 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MB

On this week’s Technology Report, Sam Caucci, the founder and CEO of 1Huddle — an innovative workforce performance and training platform — discusses new contracts with the Air Force and Navy special operations commands, how training that is mentally challenging improves retention and learning outcomes, and the changing nature of work in the wake of the covid pandemic; and Justin Sherman, the founder of the DC research and advisory firm Global Cyber Strategies, discusses Russia’s hacking confe...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jun 13, 23] Convo w/ Boeing Defense's Ted Colbert

June 13, 2023 12:13 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Ted Colbert, the CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, discusses his drive to improve his unit’s performance by hiring thousands, investing in his business and driving sweeping culture change to empower his workforce, the new global security environment in the wake of the Ukraine war, learning lessons from past program missteps, driving growth and winning major new contracts, and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

Daily Podcast [Jun 12, 23] Russia-Ukraine, Paris Airshow Preview & Week Ahead

June 12, 2023 19:25 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MB

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Ukraine’s counteroffensive to liberated its territory from Russian occupation, the Kremlin’s new directive that all Russian “volunteers” fighting in Ukraine register as contractors, and Russia’s non-government UAV ecosystem; AIA President and CEO Eric Fanning discusses the impact of the debt deal on defense spending, inflation impact, rebuilding defense industrial capacity in the wake of the Ukraine c...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jun 11, ’23 Business Report]

June 11, 2023 19:46 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the week on world markets as investors weigh commercial real estate worries and prospects that Congress might not plus up Pentagon spending, the International Air Tra...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jun 09, ’23]

June 09, 2023 15:33 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss prospects for supplemental funding from Congress for Ukraine and cover Pentagon needs in the wake of the bipartisan debt...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 08, 23] Ep21: Convo w/ CSIS' Dr. Ted Harshberger

June 08, 2023 15:25 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MB

On The Air Power Podcast, sponsored by GE Aerospace, Vago flies solo as JJ has the week off. In our discussion portion, we welcome Dr. Ted Harshberger of the Center for Strategic and International Studies to discuss lessons from the Ukraine war, what the destruction of the dam across the Dnipro River tells us about the targets nations are willing to destroy even if doing so hurts their own troops and citizens, the lessons from this European war that apply elsewhere including the Indo-Pacific,...

Technology Report [Jun 07, 23] Kodiak Robotics' Burnette & Applied AI Company's Cofrancesco

June 07, 2023 17:38 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MB

On this week’s Technology Report, Don Burnette, the co-founder and CEO of Kodiak Robotics, discusses the Silicon Valley company’s innovative autonomous technologies that can transform existing commercial and military vehicles into uncrewed ones; and John Cofrancesco, founder and CEO of the Applied AI Company, discusses the right approach to regulating artificial intelligence, why many large companies want legislation to ensure a level competitive playing field, and analyses the public element...

DEFAERO Strategy Series [Jun 06, ’23] w/ Dr. Brian Taylor

June 06, 2023 13:35 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MB

On this latest episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Brian Taylor, a professor in the Political Science Department at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citzenship and Public Affairs who is an expert on Russia, Vladimir Putin and Russian elites and politics and the author of "The Code of Putinism,” discusses the impact of international sanctions on Russia now and over time, whether the sanctions will fracture Rus...

Daily Podcast [Jun 05, 23] Sam Bendett on Russia-Ukraine & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead

June 05, 2023 12:31 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine — and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the deal to raise America’s borrowing limit and its implications on defense spending and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jun 04, ’23 Business Report]

June 04, 2023 20:21 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss Wall Street’s reaction to the debt deal that cut government spending and capped the Pentagon’s budget, whether there are work arounds that will boost resources for th...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jun 02, ’23]

June 02, 2023 15:12 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend now with the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss the outlook for defense spending in the wake of the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, pAlabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s ...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 01, 23] Ep20: Convo w/ Gen Mark "Grace" Kelly

June 01, 2023 16:07 - 50 minutes - 69.2 MB

This we week we are honored to welcome Gen. Mark "Grace" Kelly to the show. As the Commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Kelly's job is to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense--no small task for one staff. During this week's discussion we cover the challenging issues across the force and the globe, as well as and the week’s airpower headlines. If it’s in the air, it’s on the air!

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [May 31, 23] Esper and James on Defense Innovation Adoption

May 31, 2023 12:37 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr Mark Esper, the 27th US defense secretary, and Deborah Lee James, the 23rd Air Force secretary, who are the co-chairs of the Atlantic Council’s Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption discuss the group’s interim report that includes 10 recommendations aimed at helping the Pentagon accelerate the adoption of game-changing technologies and capabilities by granting key leaders more authority to make key programmatic dec...

Daily Podcast [May 30, 23] Sam Bendett on Russia-Ukraine & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead

May 30, 2023 17:23 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MB

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine including today’s unmanned aircraft attack against Moscow, impact of the war on Russian society, and CNA’s new report he co-authored with Jeff Edmonds — Russia’s Use of Uncrewed Systems in Ukraine — and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the deal to raise America’s borrowing limit and its implications on defen...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [May 29, ’23 Business Report]

May 29, 2023 16:15 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss how Wall Street and world markets will view the deal between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avert a US debt default, defense and aerospace stock pe...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable May 26, ’23]

May 26, 2023 12:11 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend now with the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss debt ceiling talks as lawmakers fail to reach a deal before leaving Washington for the Memorial Day weekend, Sen. T...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [May 25, 23] Ep19: New Drone, Who Dis?

May 25, 2023 17:12 - 50 minutes - 115 MB

Uninhabited aircraft rule this week’s Air Power Podcast, powered by GE Aerospace. Vago and J.J. are joined by Mike Shortsleeve, vice president for strategy and business development at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and a former UAV unit commander, to look at the future of UAVs. And Mark Montgomery comes by to dissect DoD’s big new munitions procurement plans. Plus this week’s headlines in airpower. It’s all kinds of bang for your podcast buck!

Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [May 24, 23] AI State of Play w/ Tom Siebel

May 24, 2023 19:53 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MB

On this week’s Technology Report, C3 AI Founder, Chairman and CEO Tom Siebel discusses the step-change implications of generative artificial intelligence, the magnitude of potential society-altering dangers as well as sweeping benefits, the smart approach to regulation that curbs negative impacts without stifling innovation, the use of the technology in weapons particularly by nations like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, how to think about AI threats in a world where the barriers to deve...

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [May 23, 23] AEI's Dr Bill Greenwalt on AUKUS

May 23, 2023 14:48 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Bill Greenwalt, one of the nation’s leading thinkers on defense acquisition at the American Enterprise Institute and the co-author, with Tom Corbin, of the new report from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney — “Breaking the Barriers: Reforming US Export Controls to Realise the potential of AUKUS” — discusses what the Australia-US-UK partnership is and isn’t, the biggest impediments that stand ...

Daily Podcast [May 22, 23] Sam Bendett on Russia-Ukraine & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead

May 22, 2023 15:51 - 30 minutes - 42 MB

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Russia’s claim to have taken Bakhmut and Ukraine’s stance they are still control parts of the devastated city, why Wagner Group mercenary and convict force boss Yevgeny Prigozhin isn’t getting credit, how F-16s for Ukraine might change the next phase of the war, the high cost of Russia’s long-range strikes against Kyiv and Ukraine’s successful defense against those strikes, and an unmanned systems upd...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [May 21, ’23 Business Report]

May 21, 2023 19:36 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss market reaction to prospect that Washington may be nearing a debt deal and implications for defense spending, the implications on trade as G7 continues to sharpen sanct...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable May 19, ’23]

May 19, 2023 12:23 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss negotiations to avert a first-ever US debt default, update on authorization and appropriations, G7 nations meet to counter China’s economic coercion and close sanctions loopholes to punish Russia for a...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [May 18, 23] Ep18: Convo w/ Mike "Mobile" Holmes

May 18, 2023 17:24 - 46 minutes - 107 MB

Commanding Air Combat – Retired Gen. James “Mobile” Holmes, former commander of Air Combat Command, joins The Air Power Podcast (powered by GE Aerospace!) as ACC prepares to receive a new boss. He covers lessons from Ukraine, training challenges, Agile Combat Employment, capacity vs. capability, the biggest change facing ACC’s new commander, and much more. And we have this week’s headlines in airpower!

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [May 17, 23] Convo w/ DoD Comptroller Mike McCord

May 17, 2023 15:53 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Mike McCord, the Defense Department’s comptroller and chief financial officer, discusses the implications of a first-ever US debt default on the Pentagon and its industrial base as well as a “government slowdown” whereby the government selectively pays its bills rather than defaults, impact of prolonged continuing resolutions on DoD people and programs, defense spending outlook and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Edi...

Daily Podcast [May 16, 23] Dr. Nina Kollars on the National Defense and Technology Strategy

May 16, 2023 18:25 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell,  Dr. Nina Kollars, the adviser to the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering who also is a professor at the US Naval War College’s Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute, discusses the new National Defense and Technology Strategy, the nature of innovation and risk taking needed at for DoD to successfully harness commercial firms as well as its own industrial base and labs, methodically building the organizati...

Daily Podcast [May 15, 23] Sam Bendett on Russia-Ukraine & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead

May 15, 2023 14:25 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MB

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses withdrawal of Russian and Wagner mercenary forces from Bakhmut, loss of four Russian aircraft in a single day, whether Ukraine’s offensive has already started, how new weapons delivered to Kyiv like the Anglo-French Storm Shadow precision cruise missile and unmanned strike drones will change the upcoming offensive and shape Russian actions, outlook for Yevgeny Prigozhin in the wake of disclosure the W...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [May 14, ’23 Business Report]

May 14, 2023 17:21 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss how US and overseas markets view a possible US debt default and how this latest debt drama is driving the development of new reserve currencies as an alternative to the...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable May 12, ’23]

May 12, 2023 17:20 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss the latest Washington political maneuvering as America approaches debt default including GOP move to indefinitely postpo...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [May 11, 23] Ep17: Spear It In the Sky

May 11, 2023 11:40 - 42 minutes - 96.6 MB

Air and missile defense expert Dr. Tom Karako of CSIS joins The Air Power Podcast, powered by GE Aerospace, to review the role of defenses in Ukraine and the future for US capabilities around the world, especially the Indo-Pacific. And we have this week’s headlines in airpower!

DEFAERO Tech Report[May 10, 23] SOFWEEK Tech & Review of DoD's New Tech Strategy

May 10, 2023 20:41 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MB

On this week’s Technology Report, Jason Salata, a retired US Navy captain and former US Special Operations Command and the US Naval Special Warfare Command spokesman who is now with the Provision Advisors public relations firm that oversees SOF Week’s media center, discusses key messages from US special operations leadership at this year’s gathering in Tampa, standout technologies from the show floor, and changing in the works for next year’s event to better connect companies with good ideas ...

Daily Pod [May 09, 23] Punaro & Bayer on Debt Ceiling, Defense Spending, Delayed Noms & More

May 09, 2023 21:49 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Michael Bayer, the chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association, and Arnold Punaro, the former NDIA chairman and Senate Armed Services Committee staff director, discuss a long-term approach to balancing US spending and revenue to avoid future debt default dramas, outlook for reforms and defense spending, priorities for incoming chairman and service chiefs, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., “unprecedented” hold on ...

Daily Pod [May 08, 23] SOFWEEK Preview; Sam Bendett on Russia-Ukraine & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead

May 08, 2023 16:16 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MB

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Col. Stu Braden, USA Ret., the president and CEO of the Global SOF Foundation, discusses themes from this year’s SOF Week in Tampa including the renewed focus of the special operations community on great power conflict; Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the temper tantrum that got Yevgeny Prigozhin the ammunition he wanted for his Wagner Group mercenary and convict force, Ukraine’s use of a US-made Patriot anti-missile system to succe...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [May 07, ’23 Business Report]

May 07, 2023 19:00 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the impact of a potential US debt default on financial markets, holders in American debt and contractors as lawmakers in Washington scramble for a deal, analysis of ...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable May 05, ’23]

May 05, 2023 17:41 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss panic among lawmakers in Washington as a first-ever US debt default looms, implications of debt default on America’s nat...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [May 04, 23] Ep16: Everything Everywhere All At Once

May 04, 2023 20:28 - 39 minutes - 91.5 MB

We talk the whirling world of global air power with Douglas Barrie of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. And GE Aerospace’s David Tweedie on the latest in military aircraft engines.

Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [May 03, 23] Convo w/ Hudson's Bryan Clark

May 03, 2023 18:51 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MB

On this episode of the Technology Report, Bryan Clark, a retired US Navy commander and submariner who is now the director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at the Hudson Institute, discusses the Pentagon’s new investment in America’s hypersonic weapons industrial base, efforts by the DoD leadership to engage battery and critical minerals makers, attracting commercial firms to help address military needs, and the two reports he co-authored with his colleague Dan Patt — “Unalone...

Daily Podcast [May 02, 23] Metrea’s Todd Harrison with Budget Updates and Insight

May 02, 2023 13:22 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MB

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Todd Harrison, who leads Metrea Strategic Insights — the think tank within the innovative defense and aerospace company — who remains affiliated with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the implications for DoD of a potential debt default, take aways from DoD posture hearings and deep dives into the Biden Administration's FY '24 budget request with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

Daily Pod [May 01, 23] Bob Hasting on Army Aviation Headlines from AAAA; Byron Callan's Week Ahead

May 01, 2023 18:30 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MB

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Bob Hastings, former Army aviator and Bell’s former vice president for marketing and communications, discusses takeaways from last week’s Army Aviation Association of America’s annual meeting, the update on the service’s aviation programs including outlook for the Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft and need for human in the loop, and the stand down of Army Aviation in the wake of several deadly accidents; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington r...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Apr 30, ’23 Business Report]

April 30, 2023 18:45 - 50 minutes - 69 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to review the week on world markets as inflation worries persist, leading companies including Bombardier, Boeing, General Dynamics, Hexcel, L3Harris, MTU, Northrop Grumman, Rayt...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Apr 28, ’23]

April 28, 2023 16:14 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss the outlook for a US debt default as House Republicans pass a one-year borrowing limit increase and sharp spending cuts,...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Apr 27, 23] Ep15: We’ve got a secret!

April 27, 2023 14:03 - 43 minutes - 99.6 MB

It’s all things B-21 on The Air Power Podcast this week, as the authors of two new studies on the clandestine bomber, Dr. Chris Bowie and Col. (ret) Mark Gunzinger, join us. Plus an update on the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, and the week’s airpower headlines. If it’s in the air, it’s on the air!

Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [Apr 26, 23]

April 26, 2023 12:26 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MB

On this week’s Technology Report, AJ Piplica, the CEO of hypersonic aircraft company Hermeus, discusses how the innovative company he founded in 2018 aims to accelerate now Mach 5 aircraft for commercial and military aircraft are developed, powering the new planes by modifying existing engine designs, the challenge of raising money in a tight market, and the company’s growth strategy; and Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral who is now the senior director of the Center on Cyber and...

DEFAERO Strategy Series [Apr 25, ’23] w/ Retired General Jeffrey Harrigian

April 25, 2023 18:22 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MB

On this latest episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, USAF Ret., the former commander of the US Air Forces Europe and Africa, discusses the years of effort to build NATO’s ability to surge air power to deter Russia from miscalculating on Feb. 24, 2022, as Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine, organizational as well as technological and cultural changes needed to improve allied air capabilities, t...

Daily Pod [Apr 24, 23] Russia-Ukraine, Week Ahead & Space

April 24, 2023 18:21 - 34 minutes - 48.1 MB

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Ukraine’s drone attack today on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol, what to expect from Kyiv’s upcoming offensive and defensive Russian preparations, Moscow’s latest “manly” recruiting campaign, and comments by Armenia’s president that suggest trading Nagorno-Karabakh to secure the country’s territorial integrity on the 108th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide; Laura Winter, the host of T...

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Apr 23, ’23 Business Report]

April 24, 2023 11:02 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MB

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to review the week on world markets, debt ceiling watch, Babcock’s charge on its fixed-price contract on its new generation Type 31 frigate, new leadership at Leonardo and Bell...

Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Apr 21, ’23]

April 21, 2023 17:21 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MB

On this week’s Washington Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss defense budget implications of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s proposal to sharply cut spending for ...

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Apr 20, 23] Ep14: Make way for Mr. Chairman!

April 20, 2023 22:08 - 43 minutes - 100 MB

Rep. Rob Wittman, chair of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee in the House, joins us to take apart the fiscal 2024 defense budget and look into its prospects in Congress. Plus we have the week’s airpower headlines. If it’s in the air, it’s on the air!

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