On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, a Textron company, our guests include, in segment one, Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners and Andrew Hunter, the director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In Segment two we speak withUK Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster, MP and Wing Cdr Andrew Keith, officer commanding, Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows Aerobatic Team.
Topics:
— New guidance from Gen. David Berger, USMC, the US Marine Corps commandant, on his priorities
— Confirmation hearings for Gen. John Hyten, USAF, as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Vice Adm. Mike Gilday, USN, as the next chief of naval operations
— Defense themes from recent debates among Democratic presidential candidates
— Bell CEO Mitch Snyder’s comments at CSIS
— US Army’s Future Vertical Lift program
— Look ahead to the upcoming 11-week North American tour of the legendary Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows aerial demonstration team
