On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the week on world markets with guests “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners; AIA President and CEO Eric Fanning; Capt. Pete Small, USN, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants.
Topics:
— Key US aerospace and defense industry goals at the Singapore Air Show, coronavirus impact on US delegation, global confidence in FAA certification as Boeing and American regulators work to return the company’s 737 Max to service and how to drive innovation with AIA President and CEO Eric Fanning
— Capt. Pete Small, USN, the US Navy’s Program Executive Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants on the service’s unmanned strategy
— A look at how coronavirus is impacting air, land and sea travel
— Expectations as the White House sends its 2021 defense spending request to Congress
— Huntington Ingalls Industries’ proposed $450 million acquisition of undersea systems make Hydroid from Kongsberg
— Analysis of the latest 2019 earnings reports including Saab, revised Airbus forecast and Babcock management change
— The record-setting flight of a British Airway’s 747-400 of 4 hours and 56 minutes from New York JFK to London Heathrow
