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On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Cdr. Jonty Powis, Royal Navy Ret., who served as navigator aboard HMS Conqueror during the Falkland Islands war when the British nuclear-powered attack submarine sank the Argentine light cruiser General Belgrano, discusses the significance of the attack and how it changed the course of the war, the importance of clear and simple rules of engagement, lessons of the war, how the Royal Navy and UK military’s culture of flexibility combined with rigorous training were key to victory, broader lessons from the conflict, and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was recorded on the 40th anniversary of the sinking on May 2, 1982. Powis also commanded the conventionally powered attack submarine HMS Unseen and two nuclear-powered ballistic missiles subs, HMS Resolution and HMS Victorious, and also served on the naval staff at the British embassy in Washington. He is now retired and does occasional consulting.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses takeaways from last week’s first quarter 2022 earnings results by leading US defense contractors, how President Biden’s $33 billion aid package for Ukraine changes industrial prospects, whether European defense spending will be sustained, and a look at the week ahead; and Dr. David Asher, one of the world’s leading experts on sanctions who served in the Bush and Obama administrations and now with the Hudson Institute, discusses the efficacy of unprecedented sanctions already imposed on Russia, how to make them even tougher, and imposing secondary sanctions on China, India and other nations that continue to trade with Moscow with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Randy Schriver, a…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Steve Blank, adjunct professor and co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University and founder of the Lean Startup movement, and Dr. Joe Felter, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania who is now the Gordian Knot Center’s director and co-author of Hacking for Defense, discuss the imperative for tectonic change in solving US national security challenges, the importance of a faster moving innovation ecosystem, more rapidly harnessing commercial technologies, learning lessons from Russia’s war on Ukraine and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force spending details released in each of the service’s budget justification books,the Biden administration’s broader strategy, why it may be too early to draw lessons from Russia’s war against Ukraine, how Western nations are helping Kyiv, what the US Air Force’s decision to accelerate development and production of the Aevex Aerospace’s Phoenix Ghost loitering munition for Ukraine, and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.