On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include:
-segment one NDIA CEO Gen. Hawk Carlisle, USAF Ret., and Senior Vice President Col. Wes Hallman, USAF Ret;
-segment two Former UK Defence and International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox;
-segment three Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners; Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International, Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council and Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute
Topics:
— A look at the National Defense Industrial Association’s “Vital Signs 2020: The Declining Health and Readiness of the Industrial Base
— Threats, security and trade after Brexit
— A look ahead at the Trump administration’s 2021 defense budget request
— Expected winners and losers as Defense Secretary Mark Esper seeks to align DoD programs with the National Defense Strategy
— The congressional Future of Defense Task Force hearing on “supercharging” innovation
— HII’s acquisition of Hydroid from Kongsberg
— The White House’s Israel-Palestine proposal
