On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, a Textron company, our guests include Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners, Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein of the U.S. Naval Institute News and Chris Cavas, one of the world’s leading naval warfare reporters.
Topics:
— Analysis of the Navy League’s Sea Air Space conference and trade show
— Navy’s upcoming fleet architecture
— Frigate update
— Vice President Pence’s reversal of decision to retire USS Harry S Truman
— Balance between new ship construction and digging through maintenance backlog for existing fleet
— Abraham Lincoln Strike Group to Iran
— President Trump’s nomination of Pat Shanahan as defense secretary
