The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has been at sea one of every two days since returning to service in October, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said Tuesday, continuing evidence that the ship is meeting or exceeding expectations.
On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners; organizers and winners of the US Air Force’s 3rd annual Sparktank competition and Graham Gilmer, Principal at Booz Allen.
Greg Ulmer, the vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter program, discusses the latest on the jet’s cost per flying hour and unit price, simulator capabilities and the fastener issue on jets produced to date a the Air Force Association’s 2020 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando where our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
On this week’s Cyber Report, Carolyn Kwieraga, the director of enterprise services at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems’ Cyber and Intelligence Mission Solutions, discusses the implementation of the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification to improve cybersecurity across the defense industrial base with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The weekly Cyber Report and our cyber coverage are sponsored by Northrop Grumman.
The waterfront in this Navy town is always bristling with warships carrying guns, missiles and powerful electronic systems. But a new feature appeared recently in the form of laser weapons mounted aboard two ships based here. And more lasers are coming.
Sneak peak of our conversation with Gen. CQ Brown Jr., USAF, the commander of Pacific Air Forces, at the Air Force Association’s 2020 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando where our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS. For the full conversation be sure to listen to our Friday Roundtable Podcast.
Patrick Cronin, PhD, the chair for Asia-Pacific Security at the Hudson Institute, discusses the think tank’s new paper — “Strategies for the Indo-Pacific: Perceptions of the U.S. and Like-Minded Countries” — with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include Gen. CQ Brown Jr., USAF, the commander of Pacific Air Forces, Todd Harrison, the director of defense budget analysis and the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula, USAF Ret., the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
On this special edition of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Rep. Rob Wittman, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee discusses the administrations FY ’21 budget request, where the request fall short on naval and sealift capabilities, the need for greater shipbuilding and maintenance discipline, the coronavirus and much more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include Lt. Gen. John “JT” Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. and then we discuss the week on world markets with “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.