The steady drizzle and grey skies did not dampen the spirits of hundreds of sailors and family members as the guided-missile cruiser Leyte Gulf found its way back to Naval Station Norfolk Jan. 4, after 283 days away from home. The ship left Norfolk with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group on March 27.
On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we begin with a special discussion of events in Iraq and Iran with Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council and Teri Schultz, a Brussels-based reporter for National Public Radio and Deutsche Welle. In our segment two 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.
Jaime Morin, PhD, the vice president for defense systems operations at the Aerospace Corp., and Bill LaPlante, PhD, the senior vice president and general manager for MITRE’s National Security Sector, discuss how to ensure that a new Space Force is correctly established with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 West Coast Aerospace Forum. The event was organized by Aerospace Corp, MITRE, the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Mikhail Kasyanov, Russia’s former prime minister who is now the leader of the People’s Freedom Party, discusses the outlook for democracy in Russia in the wake of demonstrations across the nation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 Halifax International Security Forum where our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
On this special end of the year and decade episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, a Textron company, we look back at the top stories that shaped defense and aerospace decision making and look ahead to the top issues of 2020. Our guests include Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Bob Hale, former Pentagon comptroller and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, Teri Schultz, a Brussels-based reporter for National Public Radio and Deutsche Welle, Steven Grundman of the Grundman Advisory and the Atlantic Council, Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and Michael Gordon, national security reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
Bence Szabo, a desk officer at the Hungarian Defence Forces Command,
Fredrik Löfgren, a roboticist at Linköping University and CEO of Dyno Robotics, and
Nicole Davis, a student at Virginia Wesleyan University, discuss NATO Allied Command Transformation’s Young Disruptor program and driving innovation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the command’s 2019 Chiefs of Transformation conference in Norfolk, Va.
Brig. Gen. Dave Kumashiro, USAF, the director of joint force integration at US Air Force headquarters, discusses efforts to improve joint multi-domain command and control with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the West Coast Aerospace Forum at the Rand think tank in Santa Monica, Calif. The event is sponsored by Rand, Mitre, Aerospace Corp., the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Our overage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
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, as well as Jeff Babione, VP and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Skunkworks.
Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley, US Army, the deputy commanding general and director of the Futures and Concepts Center at of US Army Futures Command, and Rear Adm. John “Oscar” Meier, USN, the commander of the US Navy Warfare Development Command, discuss efforts to improve joint multi-domain command and control with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the West Coast Aerospace Forum at the Rand think tank in Santa Monica, Calif. The event is sponsored by Rand, Mitre, Aerospace Corp., the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Our overage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Eliot Cohen, PhD, the dean of Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies, discusses US strategy, civil-military relations and his upcoming book on military lessons from William Shakespeare’s work with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada. Our coverage is sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.