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On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Tristan Crawford, the…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dave Deptula, a retired US Air Force lieutenant general who is now the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace studies, discusses key takeaways from the Air and Space Forces Association’s annual Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow, Raanan Horowitz, the president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, discusses the strategic business environment, inflation, supply chains, the changing nature of competition as new firms enter the sector, as well as ways the industrial base can better help the Pentagon solve its big problems; Duane Hawkins, the president of the defense and space business at Spirit Aerosystems, discusses his strategy to grow the aerostructures giant’s defense and space business to diversify from its historic reliance on commercial aviation work with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Patrick Cronin, the Asia-Pacific Security chair at the Hudson Institute, discusses erroneous social media speculation over the weekend that Chinese leader Xi Jinping was deposed in a coup and what can be learned from the episode; Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for a New American Security with an update on Russia’s war on Ukraine and whether Vladimir Putin’s manpower mobilization, annexation of Donbas and Luhansk and nuclear threats will change the conflict as well as countering Iranian drones now in Russian service; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners with takeaways from last week’s Air Force Association conference, CSIS’ industrial base event, Wharton’s Palo Alto gathering, how the Russo-Ukrainian war may change defense demand and the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.