Defense & Aerospace Report
1,557 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★ - 92 ratingsWelcome 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 Air Power Podcast [Feb 16, 23] Ep5: Convo w/ Mark Lewis
February 17, 2023 02:24 - 38 minutes - 87.2 MBOn this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Air Power podcast, sponsored by GE Aerospace, co-hosts JJ Gertler and Vago Muradian go to school with experts on radar, balloons, and missiles — all in the person of renowned technologist and former Air Force chief scientist Dr. Mark Lewis. It’s a lively discussion that gets into the technical world with humor and clarity. And we go behind the headlines in this week’s airpower news.
Cyber Report [Feb 15, 23] Stratas Corp President Scott Sloan & An Update from WEST '23
February 15, 2023 20:56 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Scott Sloan, the president of Stratas Corp. — an innovative IT, logistics, cyber security, network operations and engineering services firm — discusses the challenges of growing fast as a DoD contractor, grading Pentagon efforts to foster innovation and harness it at speed, access to talent and capital, and keys to success; and Chris Servello, our producer and co-host of the Cavas Ships podcast with an update from the an...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Feb 06, 23] BMNT's Sabra Horne
February 14, 2023 14:57 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sabra Horne, an NSA and CISA veteran who is now the entrepreneur in residence at the BMNT consultancy, discusses efforts to accelerate US government and Pentagon innovation efforts are bearing fruit, where progress is being made, why real innovation is more than just technology but culture change and personnel practices, how to speed the process, the role of the Office of Personnel Management in crafting a talent manageme...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Feb 13, 23] Sam Bendett & Byron Callan
February 13, 2023 21:49 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses statement by Wagner Group chief and Kremlin insider Yevgeny Prigozhin that Russia’s war on Ukraine could span another two years for Moscow to achieve objectives like seizing territory to the Dnieper River, Russia transforms to a wartime economy in wake of weapons demands and international sanctions, Wagner Group decides against sending more prisoners to the front, the...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Feb 12, ’23 Business Report]
February 12, 2023 19:37 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBOn 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: — Week on world markets as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggests a less hawkish stance on future interest rate hikes — Look at Bombardier, HII, Saab, Spirit AeroSystems, and Transdigm Group earnings as Europe looks to results from Airbus, Safran and others — Mitsubishi ...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Feb 10, ’23]
February 10, 2023 17:34 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBOn 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, Chris Servello, a founder of Provision Advisors public relations firm (and Defense and Aerospace team member) and Michael Herson of American Defense International. Topics: — Update on raising the nation’s borrowing limit as talks stall...
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Feb 09, 23] Ep4: Convo w/ Mitchell’s Heather Penney
February 10, 2023 03:36 - 35 minutes - 81.6 MBOn this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Air Power podcast, sponsored by GE Aerospace, co-hosts JJ Gertler and Vago Muradian analyze the news of the week and interview an expert on both remotely piloted aircraft like balloons and how to bring them down, airpower analyst and former F-16 pilot Heather Penney of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Power Studies. She discusses the lessons learned from the recent Chinese balloon incursion over the United States; challenges in brin...
Cyber Report [Feb 08, 23] Air Travel System's Cyber Vulnerabilities w/ Fortinet's Jim Richberg
February 08, 2023 15:15 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Jim Richberg, the former national intelligence manager for cyber who is now with cyber security firm Fortinet, discusses the cyber vulnerabilities of the nation’s air travel system in which government, industry and the public all interact, how to improve security as the internet of things rapidly expands and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
DEFAERO Strategy Series [Feb 07, ’23] w/ Peter Van Praagh
February 07, 2023 18:26 - 45 minutes - 62 MBOn this latest episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Peter Van Praagh, the president of HFX, an organization that promotes democracy worldwide and annually convenes the signature Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, discuss the importance of putting democracy and human rights at the center of national security, the right approach to balancing principles and realpolitik in dealing with unsavory reg...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Feb 06, 23] Dr David Asher, Sam Bendett & Byron Callan
February 06, 2023 20:00 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr David Asher, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute think tank and one of the world’s leading experts on sanctions, discusses the efficacy of the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine and how lessons from the harsh sanctions on Tehran can help ratchet up pressure on Moscow; Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest on the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Marke...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Feb 05, ’23 Business Report]
February 05, 2023 21:13 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBOn 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 aerospace and defense stock performance as America posts stunning jobs figures and Federal Reserve makes .25 percent short term borrowing rate rise — European performance by the group as Bank of England raises interest rates to fight inflation without sparking recession —...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Feb 03, ’23]
February 03, 2023 18:39 - 48 minutes - 67 MBOn 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: — Prospects for a debt ceiling deal a...
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Feb 02, 23] Ep3: Convo w/ Mitchell's “Gus” Guastella
February 03, 2023 01:08 - 36 minutes - 83.3 MBOn this week’s program, sponsored by GE Aerospace, Vago Muradian and J.J. Gertler talk with retired lieutenant general Joseph “Gus” Guastella, senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. A former AFCENT commander and Air Force Director of Operations, Lt Gen Guastella has thoughtful views on Ukraine, warfighting culture, integrating appropriate technology into the battlefield, capability versus capacity, and many more subjects.
Cyber Report [Feb 01, 23] TikTok Ban, Too Little Too Late or The Right First Step
February 01, 2023 18:36 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, John Cofrancesco, the founder of AAIC, an innovative company that uses AI to monitor cyber networks, discusses the threat posed by TikTok, how to mitigate the threat from such invasive apps, the looming threat from Russia as allied nations increase assistance to Ukraine, what to expect from the Biden administration’s upcoming National Cyber Strategy and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jan 31, 23] Command & Control Series Pt3 w/ Gen Valenzia
January 31, 2023 15:11 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBIn the third of a six-part series on command and control, sponsored Ultra Intelligence & Communications, Brig. Gen. Jeff “Spaniard” Valenzia, the Advanced Battle Management System Cross Functional Team Lead at Air Force headquarters, discusses the DoD’s new JADC2 approach, doing the hard work to craft the right architecture for joint command and control, focusing more on changing how people think about connectivity than merely relying on technology to interconnect forces, learning clear lesso...
Daily Podcast [Jan 30, 23] Minihan Memo, Sam Bendett, Looking Up at Space & Byron Callan
January 30, 2023 18:19 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Chris Servello, our producer who is a retired Navy public affairs officer and co-founder of the Provision Advisors PR firm, discusses lessons in the wake of the controversy caused by a draft email by Gen. Mike Minihan, the commander of the Air Mobility Command, urging his force to improve its warfighting focus, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine including new Marke...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jan 29, ’23 Business Report]
January 29, 2023 20:39 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBOn 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 US posts strong jobs growth and Britain prepares interest rate hike — Preview of Airbus earnings to be released Feb. 16 — Update of commercial aerospace market trends — Boeing, CACI, Crane, General Dynamics, Hexcel, L3Harris, Lockhe...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jan 27, ’23]
January 27, 2023 22:12 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBOn 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: — Deliberations to avoid a US debt de...
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jan 26, 23] Ep2: Convo w/ Secretary Frank Kendall
January 26, 2023 16:10 - 37 minutes - 86.5 MBOn this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Air Power podcast, sponsored by GE Aerospace, co-hosts JJ Gertler and Vago Muradian analyze the news of the week and interview their first guest, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall who discusses the implications of a full-year continuing resolution and budget cuts — warning they would only help China as the service embarks on a generational modernization effort — lessons from Russia’s war on Ukraine, making the case for the importance of...
Cyber Report [Jan 25, 23] AI, Data, Cyber Workforce, Advertising and More w/ Dr Jim Lewis
January 25, 2023 20:28 - 28 minutes - 39 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Dr. Jim Lewis, the director of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the right approach to unlocking the benefits of artificial intelligence without stifling innovation, a look ahead to the Biden administration’s upcoming cyber strategy, the cyber jobs market as tech firms shed workforce, and how the government’s antitrust suit against Google could change the ...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jan 24, 23] Energy & Energetics
January 24, 2023 15:55 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Former Reps. Tony Coelho, D-Calif., and Martin Frost, D-Texas, of the Council for a Secure America, discuss the energy lessons from Russia’s war on Ukraine, the importance of energy independence and bridging to a sustainable energy future; and Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute on the think tank’s new report be helped co-author — “Rocket’s Red Glare: Modernizing America’s Energetics Enterprise” — with Defense & Aerospace...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jan 23, 23] Sam Bendett & Byron Callan
January 24, 2023 15:32 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and a fellow at the Center fora New American Security on the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine including insights into the campaign to retake Soledar and Klishchiivka, Vladimir Putin tamps down on critics, implications of leadership changes and more; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners on how the debt ceiling debate will be resolv...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jan 22, ’23 Business Report]
January 22, 2023 22:05 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBOn 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 best Friday close in two weeks and markets hopes grow that next Federal Reserve rate increases will be small — Update on global air travel at the start of the Lunar New Year and China outlook as covid continues...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jan 20, ’23]
January 20, 2023 17:44 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBOn 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: — Global implications of a US debt de...
DEFAERO Strategy Series [Jan 19, ’23] w/ Dr. Jack Watling
January 19, 2023 20:38 - 55 minutes - 76 MBOn this latest episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Jack Watling, the senior research fellow for land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the lessons of Russia’s war on Ukraine with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Cyber Report [Jan 18, 23] Ransomware Attack on Royal Mail, Tik Tok & Focus Areas for '23
January 18, 2023 19:32 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Justin Sherman, the founder of Global Cyber Strategies as well as an Atlantic Council fellow and Wired magazine contributor, discusses LockBit’s ransomware attack on Britain’s Royal Mail, and the best approach to countering the potential negative implications of apps like TikTok, whether banning them entirely or allowing a third-party to monitor software and data; and Andrea Schaumann of Fortress discusses industry focus...
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jan 17, 23] Ep1: Kicking the Tires & Lighting the Fires
January 17, 2023 19:36 - 27 minutes - 17 MBOn this inaugural episode of the weekly Defense & Aerospace Report’s Air Power podcast, sponsored by GE Aerospace, co-hosts JJ Gertler and Vago Muradian analyze the big stories, including the plan by the US Air Force to retire its RC-26 reconnaissance aircraft fleet, lessons the Air Force can learn from the Navy in selling air power on Capitol Hill and beyond, implications of buying fewer F-35 Lighting II fighters each year but stretching the program out by a decade, the freeze on new F135 en...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jan 15, ’23 Business Report]
January 15, 2023 23:03 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBOn this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory. Topics: — Aerospace and defense stock performance on Wall Street — Bank of America’s Savita Subramanian warning she expects corporate earnings to drop 10 percent in 2023 and what that means for the defense and aerospace group — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin’s warning that America will hit its borrowing limit on ...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jan 13, ’23]
January 13, 2023 18:11 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBOn 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: — Potential defense budget impact of ...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jan 12, 23] Convo w/ NAVSEA's VADM Galinis & SNA Wrap-up
January 12, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Vice Adm. Bill Galinis, USN, the commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command, discusses inflation, supply chain, attracting as well as training and retaining talent, the need for a national approach to building better technical trade skills, lessons from Russia’s war on Ukraine, building better battle damage repair skills, increasing both public and private shipbuilding and repair capacity, incentivizing speed through bett...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jan 11, 23] Convo w/ HII's Chris Kastner
January 11, 2023 20:37 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Chris Kastner, the president and CEO of HII, discusses inflation pressures, supply chain, the impact of a full-year continuing resolution, recruiting as well as training and retaining top talent, working with the Navy to increase shipbuilding and maintenance capacity, how the company’s new capabilities can help shape more innovative capabilities, how better contracts can drive better program outcomes, the outlook for ship...
Cyber Report [Jan 10, 23] Mark Montgomery Discusses What to Expect in '24
January 10, 2023 19:12 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral who is the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and a Cyber Solarium 2.0 executive director, discusses the outlook for cyber funding as a fractious Congress reconvenes, the impact of a possible year-long continuing resolution on cyber contractors and new starts, why America’s cyber forces should be...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jan 09, 23] Byron Callan on the Week and Year Ahead
January 09, 2023 17:59 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the defense spending implications in the wake of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s, R-Calif., election as house speaker, the prospect of a year-long continuing resolution, the year ahead for defense contractors and Ukraine aid as well as the Russo-Ukrainian war, the need for more talent across commercial and defense industries to increase capaci...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jan 09, ’23 Business Report]
January 08, 2023 20:38 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBOn 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: —Michael Herson of American Defense International explains the national security implications of promises made by Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in exchange for votes to become nation’s 53rd speaker including on defense spending and Ukraine aid — Impact of year-long continuing...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jan 06, ’23]
January 06, 2023 16:48 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBOn 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: — National security implications of d...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jan 02, ’23 Business Report]
January 03, 2023 00:04 - 49 minutes - 67.8 MBOn 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: — A look at US and European markets as investors closed out 2022 — Boeing’s drive to deliver as many aircraft as possible before the end of the year — Pentagon’s $30 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for 398 F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft — L3Harris’ planned acquisition ...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Dec 22, ’22]
December 22, 2022 17:55 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBOn 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 goes down to the wire to a...
Cyber Report [Dec 21, 22] Lewis and Montgomery Discuss the Cyber Year in Review
December 21, 2022 18:03 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, a year in review with Dr. Jim Lewis, the director of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral who is the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and a Cyber Solarium 2.0 commission senior adviser, who discuss the cyber elements of the $1.7 trillion ...
[Dec 20, 22] Nat'l Sec Implications of National Ignition Facility’s Dec. 5 Energy Experiment
December 20, 2022 15:20 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Steve Fetter, an award-winning nuclear physicist who is the dean of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland, discusses the national security implications of the National Ignition Facility’s Dec. 5 experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that for a millisecond produced more energy than it consumed, how the test that involved firing 192 lasers at hydrogen atoms was primarily intended to improve Am...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Dec 19, 22] End of Year Discussion w/ Byron Callan & Sam Bendett
December 19, 2022 16:27 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners with a year-end review of Russia’s war on Ukraine, how the conflict has changed Washington and its allies, old lessons relearned, technologies that have changed the battlefield, the impact of sanctions on Russia’s economy, how Moscow is benefitting from its partnerships with Iran, North Korea, C...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Dec 18, ’22 Business Report]
December 18, 2022 23:20 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBOn 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: — A look at another volatile week on world markets and how defense and aerospace firms fared — Surge in spending in both Washington as well as Europe where governments are racing to place orders before the end of the year — Aviation outlook at travel returns to pre-pandemic le...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Dec 16, ’22]
December 16, 2022 19:57 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MBOn 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: — Analysis of the NDAA as Senate foll...
[Dec 15, 22] Crossing the Valley of Death; Penetrating Strike
December 15, 2022 20:03 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Jerry McGinn and Eric Lofgren of the Baroni Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University discuss new ways to help innovative small companies survive DoD’s acquisition process to grow into sustainable enterprises, whether change is happening fast enough, the Pentagon’s new strategic capital initiative and NDAA items to watch; and Dr. Caitlin Lee, the director of the Center for Unmanned and Autonomy Stud...
Cyber Report [Dec 14, 22] Convo w/ Rep. Jim Langevin
December 14, 2022 18:25 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, in one of his last interviews before retiring from Congress, Rep. Jim Langevin, D-RI, the chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities as well as the Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and innovation, discusses progress in improving the nation’s cyber defenses and what more needs to be done, lessons from Russia’s war on Ukrain...
DEFAERO Strategy Series [Dec 13, ’22] w/ Dr. Angela Stent
December 13, 2022 18:07 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBOn this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Angela Stent, professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University and director of its Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies — who also authored the 2019 book “Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest” — discusses Russia’s imperial history and nature shapes the country’s outlook and decision-making by leaders like Vladimir ...
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Dec 12, 22] Sam Bendett & Byron Callan
December 12, 2022 16:33 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest in Russia’s war on Ukraine and Kyiv’s momentum including long-range attacks on Russian airfields, Wagner Group’s upcoming hackathon, move by Alma-Antey to copy Chinese racing drones for military use, and update on Turkish role in improving Azerbaijan’s military and speculation regarding another offensive against Armenia while Moscow and Tehran are distracte...
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Dec 11, ’22 Business Report]
December 12, 2022 00:34 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBOn 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 in America and Europe as Wall Street closes down on higher than expected producer price index — Investor reaction to House version of the National Defense Authorization Act that increases Biden administration Pentagon spending request ...
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Dec 09, ’22]
December 09, 2022 23:41 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBOn 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: — House passes National Defense Autho...
Daily Pod [Dec 08, 22] RAND's Chow on Takeaways from West Coast Aerospace Forum
December 08, 2022 17:30 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBOn this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. James Chow. The director of the Rand Corporation’s Project Air Force, discusses last week’s West Coast Aerospace Forum — a collaborative effort among Rand, the Aerospace Corporation, MITRE, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies — lessons from Russia’s war on Ukraine, deterring China from miscalculating in the Pacific, prioritizing long-range strike as well...
Cyber Report [Dev 07, 22] Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall
December 07, 2022 14:38 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBOn this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall discusses the new B-21 Raider bomber by Northrop Grumman and efforts to improve force-wide cyber security with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian from the Reagan National Defense Forum.