Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Apr. 05 , 2019, NATO at 70]
On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, a…
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Chairman Connolly on Stoltenberg’s Joint Session Address, Alliance’s 70th Anniversary
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., the chairman of the House government operations subcommittee as well as chairman of the US delegation to the NATO parliamentary assembly, discusses NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s historic address to a joint session of Congress and the Atlantic Alliance on its 70th anniversary with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages event marking the 70th anniversary of the Washington Treaty that founded the alliance on April 4, 1949, sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and numerous other leading think tanks.
Atlantic Council’s Kempe on Building a Global NATO, the Alliance at 70
Fred Kempe, the president and CEO of the Atlantic Council think tank, discusses the need for a global NATO and the alliance at 70, his take on Vice President Mike Pence’s address to the NATO Engages conference — co-sponsored by the Atlantic Council, German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other key think tank’s — as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s address to the US Congress. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages event marking the 70th anniversary of the Washington Treaty that founded the alliance on April 4, 1949, with 12 nations that over the decades as grown to 29 nations.
F-35 PEO Winter on Program Progress, Performance Improvement, Long-Term Capabilities
Vice Adm. Mat Winter, USN, the program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II fighter, discusses program accomplishments, next hurdles, improving program performance, production rates and introducing new capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Denmark’s Kasper on NATO, Nordic Cooperation, Greenland, China, Climate
Kasper Høeg-Jensen, the head of the security policy and operations department of Denmark’s ministry of defense, discusses closer Nordic cooperation, NATO, Greenland, China, climate change and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking 10th anniversary of the Nordic Defense Cooperation agreement to improve collaboration among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
US Army’s Coffman, Cummings, Langhout on Future Combat Vehicles
Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman, US Army, the director of next-generation combat vehicles cross-functional team at US Army Futures Command, Maj. Gen. Brian Cummings, US Army, the service’s program executive officer for ground combat systems, and Jeff Langhout, the director the Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center, discuss future manned and unmanned combat vehicle programs with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Association of the United States Army’s 2019 Global Force Symposium and Exhibition in Huntsville, Ala., where our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Raytheon’s Kelley on Improving Patriot Missile Defense Capabilities
Col. Robert Kelley, US Army Ret., director of integrated air and missile defense business development and strategy at Raytheon, discusses improvements to the company’s Patriot air and missile defense system with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Association of the United States Army’s 2019 Global Force Symposium and Exhibition in Huntsville, Ala., where our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Apr. 01, 2019 Monday Business Report]
On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the week on…
US Army’s Wesley on Future War, Multi-Domain Ops, Inter-Service Partnership
Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley, US Army, the director of the Futures and Concepts Center at the service’s new Futures Command, discusses the future warfighting environment, Multi-Domain Operations and partnering with its sister services with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The Interview was conducted at the Association of the United States Army’s annual Global Force symposium and exhibition in Huntsville, Ala,, where our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Oshkosh’s Bryant on JLTV Ambulance, Program Cut, FMTV Update
John Bryant, president of Oshkosh Defense, discusses the new ambulance version of the company’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, cuts requested by the US Army in its 2020 budget request that would stretch out the program, the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Association of the United States Army’s annual Global Force Symposium and Exhibition in Huntsville, Ala., where our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.