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 including prospect of more Federal Reserve hikes in borrowing rates to achieve 2 percent inflation target, Europe’s lowest inflation rate in two years, investors continuing concern with RTX’s geared turbofan issues and impact on Airbus, Airbus announcement that Christian Scherer will head the giant’s commercial aircraft arm, Air France’s A350 and Air Canada’s 787 orders, Germany’s surging defense spending, Czech Republic’s makes official its purchase of 24 F-35 Lightning II fighters, impact of Sen. Bob Menendez stepping down from his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Saab prepares to roll out new A26 submarine, and a look ahead at the Up Summit.
