On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the week on world markets, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s trip to Beijing and trade outlook as China’s demonstrates that US chip sanctions aren’t stopping it from developing semiconductors without American content, balancing Washington’s Buy American rhetoric with the Pentagon’s drive for allies and partners worldwide to more quickly produce weapons, the US Navy’s announcement that Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are the three competitors for it’s FA-XX future combat aircraft program, Ukraine makes progress on its counteroffensive, Lockheed Martin to establish F-16 training in Romania, and discovery of counterfeit CFM engine parts.
