On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Acting Navy Secretary Tom Modly. Modly discussed the department’s support to homeland coronavirus response and efforts to protect the force, operational and budget impacts of the virus, progress being made on the USS Gerald R. Ford, preview of the new Marine Corps strategy for great power competition, shipbuilding and maintenance, and the longterm roll of aircraft carriers and the on-going study of next generation aircraft carriers. Our naval coverage is sponsored by Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
