Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Friday Roundtable Sep 27, 2019]
On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, a…
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UK’s Dunne on Defence Growth Partnership, Building Skilled Workforce, Industrial Strategy, Brexit
Rt. Hon. Philip Dunne, MP, former UK minister for defence procurement and co-chair of the UK Defence Growth Partnership, discusses role of defense in Britain’s economy, building the workforce of the future to ensure competitiveness, defense industrial strategy and Brexit with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 DSEI conference and tradeshow in London. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS, in partnership with DSEI organizer Clarion Events and working with the UK Department of International Trade’s Defence & Security Organisation to bring you the best of British defense and security.
Supacat’s Ames on New Manned, Unmanned Products, UK Defense Industrial Strategy
Nick Ames, the chief executive of Supacat, discusses the company’s growing product line of high-mobility manned and unmanned land vehicles and Britain’s defense industrial strategy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian a the DSEI 2019 conference and tradeshow in London. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS, in partnership with DSEI organizer Clarion Events and working with the UK Department of International Trade’s Defence & Security Organisation to bring you the best of British defense and security.
Second Fleet Flexes Expeditionary Mode in North Atlantic
Just 13 months after reactivation, the U.S. 2nd Fleet now has “full operational capability” though its commander stopped short of saying his command is fully up to speed, yet. The fledgling fleet declared its initial operating capability in May, just before jetting off to the Baltic Sea to honcho a large exercise there. And they’ve wasted no time since as they were heavily involved in July with preparing and evaluating the Truman Carrier Strike Group’s final exercises — the first such deployment under their watch.
PACAF’s Brown on China, Distributed Operations, Innovative Warfighting Concepts, Air Defense
Gen. CQ Brown Jr., USAF, the commander of Pacific Air Forces, discusses China’s capabilities, the agile combat employment model to continually move air forces across the region to deter Beijing as well as safeguard assets from attack and associated logistical challenges with the approach, distributed joint-force multi-domain operations and the need to adopt innovative warfighting concepts, the need for more air and missile defenses and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow outside Washington, DC. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.
US Navy Ramps Up Sustainment Efforts to Prepare for Combat
WASHINGTON — The strenuous efforts being undertaken by the US Navy to maintain and update its fleet are clearly visible in ports near naval bases, where repair yards have as much business as they can handle. The service is moving to streamline and consolidate the contracting end of overhauls and group multiple ships under one contract award – an approach industry has asked for to gain greater workload stability. And a new senior position has been established in the Navy Department to focus on sustainment policy, planning and execution across the Navy and Marine Corps.
USAF’s Donovan on Budget Outlook, Future Spending, Making Hard Choices
Matt Donovan, the acting US Air Force secretary, discusses the outlook for the department’s budget, future spending, making hard tradeoffs to ensure a more capable force in an era of great power competition with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow outside Washington, DC. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.
L3Harris’ Mehnert on L3-Harris Merger, Communications Growth Strategy, Resilient Networks
Dana Mehnert, the president of L3 Harris Communications, discusses the merger between L3 Technologies and Harris, the company’s communications growth strategy, building robust, secure and resilient networks vital to support large-scale multi-domain operations, and investing in future products with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow outside Washington, DC. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Sep 23, 2019 Monday Business Report]
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Air National Guard’s Rice on the Future Force, Recruiting & Retention, New Capabilities Like F-35
Lt. Gen. L. Scott “Catfish” Rice, USAF. the director of the Air National Guard, discusses his future force, preserving capabilities and units, recruiting and retention and fielding new aircraft like the F-35 Lightning II fighter that was just delivered to the Vermont Air National Guard with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow outside Washington, DC. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.