On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses DoD’s budget increase, Russia’s stalemated war on Ukraine, Poland’s decision to buy South Korean weapons and new entrants into the defense market, takeaways from recent defense and aerospace earnings disclosures, share buybacks and corporate investment, the Biden administrations move to revisit Northrop Grumman’s acquisition of Orbital ATK, and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.