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, Andrew Hunter, the director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Defense & Aerospace Report contributing editor Christopher P. Cavas.
Topics:
— Raytheon’s victory over Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to win the US Army’s Lower-Tier Air Missile Defense Sensor contract
— Key takeaways from the Association of the United States Army’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Washington, DC
— A look at the Army’s acquisition strategy for armored vehicles
— The four competitors in the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition involving AVX-L3Harris, Bell, Boeing-Sikorsky and Karem Aircraft
— AECOM’s acquisition by private equity
— Update on defense budget and continuing resolution outlook
— Secrecy surrounding the Navy’s newest carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford
