On the US Army’s 247th birthday and during the Eurosatory land warfare exhibition in Paris, Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak, the deputy commanding general of the US Army Europe and Africa, discusses lessons from Russia’s war on Ukraine, vital importance of logistics and connectivity, US role in NATO surge of personnel and capabilities in wake of Moscow’s invasion, building Arctic warfighting skills; and Marc Darmon, the executive vice president of Thales Secure Communications and Information Systems and chairman of GICAT and the Eurosatory exhibition, discusses the outlook for defense investment in Europe, the company’s new Combat Digital Platform for battlefield command and control, and the importance of investing in cyber and AI capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
