On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners; organizers and winners of the US Air Force’s 3rd annual Sparktank competition and Graham Gilmer, Principal at Booz Allen.
Topics:
— Analysis of market reaction to widening coronavirus impact on global trade driving stocks to their worst performance since 2008 economic crisis
— Impact on already declining commercial air travel figures on
— Oil price drop implications for arms exports to energy rich states in the Middle East and elsewhere
— Look at Dassault, Meggitt, Rolls-Royce, Safran and Thales’ 2019 earnings
— UK defense spending update in the wake of criticism of MoD waste by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advisor Dominic Cummings
— Winners of the US Air Force’s 3rd annual Sparktank competition to drive innovation across the force
— How the Pentagon’s new artificial intelligence ethics policy will shape DoD and industry