Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF Ret., dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the US Air Force’s former ISR chief, discusses challenges to US air superiority, how the service can posture itself for future success, North Korea, the F-35 Lightning II program and more during a Jan. 4, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington.
Maj. Gen. Steve Sargeant, USAF Ret., CEO of Marvin Test Solutions, discusses how innovative armament testing technology can increase efficiency, and reduce weapons wear, maintenance needs and mission-failure risk, how smart engineering decisions can lower aircraft maintenance costs, and more during a Sept. 22, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association. The interview was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, USAF Auxiliary, CEO and national commander of the Civil Air Patrol – US Air Force, and a retired USAF colonel, discusses CAP’s history, roles in supporting defense, disaster response and homeland security, recruitment challenges and more during a September 2017 interview at the Air Force Association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show in National Harbor, Maryland. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Frank Willis, vice president for advanced technologies at the Physical Optics Corporation (also known as POC), discusses how a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash lead to the development of its Micro Weather Sensor, the product’s capabilities, life span, potential commercial applications and more during a September 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Lt. Gen. Mark “Hit Me” Nowland, USAF, the US Air Force’s chief of staff for operations, discusses the threat picture facing the United States, Chinese and Russian capabilities of concern, the service’s force mix, fostering innovation and more in a Jan. 4, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted following an event hosted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Washington.
Max Brooks, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, and acclaimed author of “World War Z,” discusses the nation’s civil-military divide, the importance of soft power and human rights for US global influence, military education, his new book, “Minecraft: The Island,” and more in a wide-ranging, recent interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the think tank’s Washington office.
In a December 13, 2017, report from the Center for Strategy and Budgetary Assessments, author Barry Watts, a former CSBA senior fellow, “explores historical attempts to tackle the criterion selection problem as it applies to models for making strategic decisions,” according to a press release. Watts makes the case that, without “a formula or all-purpose methodology for choosing appropriate analytic criteria,” subjectively chosen benchmarks used to evaluate history will make the lessons learned from it just as subjective.
Senior Airman Adam Armstrong, USAF, dedicated crew chief, and Maj. John “Rain” Waters, USAF, the commander and pilot of the F-16 Viper Demonstration Team at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., discuss its mission, selection process, how demonstration and combat flights differ and more during a November 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2017 Dubai Airshow. Our coverage was sponsored by FLIR Systems.
Hamdan Al Shkeili, an engineer at Calidus, discusses the new B-250 light-attack aircraft that the company designed and built in less than two years during a November 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2017 Dubai Airshow. Our coverage was sponsored by FLIR Systems.
Robin Shepherd, senior advisor at the Halifax International Security Forum, discusses European perceptions of President Donald Trump after his first year in office, Europe’s nationalist and populist movements, and more during a November 2017 interview at the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.