On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners, Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International and Teri Schultz, a Brussels-based freelance reporter for National Public Radio; Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council; Lt. Gen.Bruce “Orville” Wright, President of the Air Force Association.
Topics:
— Analysis of the Munich Security Conference and NATO defense ministerial
— Key takeaways from IISS’ 2020 Military Balance and Pew Research survey on public support for NATO’s Article V mutual defense clause
— Evolving congressional reaction to Trump administration’s 2021 budget request in advance of hearings starting next week
— Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s meeting with defense CEOs and his relationship with lawmakers as budget process gets underway
— Huntington Ingalls Industries’ investor day
— Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief Gen. Jim McConville’s comments at the Center for a New American Security
— Look ahead to the Air Force Association’s 2020 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando
— Update on Saudi Arabia’s 2030 plan, counterterrorism and de-radicalization efforts
