Carl Coffman, director of global business development for advanced tiltrotor systems at Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, and a retired US Army colonel, discusses the V-280 Valor tiltrotor’s inaugural — and successful — test flight during a Dec. 19, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at Textron’s Washington headquarters. The test flight was conducted on Dec. 18, 2017, in Amarillo, Texas.
On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, we discuss the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor’s first flight, Thales’ acquisition of Gemalto, and more. This week’s guests include Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council, former Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale, who now advises Booz Allen Hamilton (his comments are his own), and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
Dean Baxevanis, a business development manager at UTC Aerospace Systems, and Andrew Jeffrey, the company’s business development director, discuss the DB-110 Reconnaissance Pod, regional interest in the product, its business roadmap 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.
Robert Bass, chairman of the Aerion Corporation and president of the Keystone Group, discusses the company’s partnership with Lockheed Martin and GE Aviation to develop the AS2 business jet, a supersonic, Mach 1.4 aircraft, during a Dec. 15, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted following a joint press conference at the National Press Club in Washington.
Bruce Johnson, director of airplane operations at Orbis International, discusses the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, a plane-based teaching hospital that flies about 100 hours per year, during a November 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report at the 2017 Dubai Airshow. Our coverage was sponsored by FLIR Systems.
Chris Griner, partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan’s Washington office, and Christopher Brewster, special counsel in the same office, discusses the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (also known as CFIUS or CIFIUS), a congressional proposal to reform its review process and purview, and more during a Dec. 8, 2017, interview in Washington.
Richard Tracy, PhD, chief technology officer at the Aerion Corporation, discusses the engineering behind the AS2 supersonic business jet, which the company is developing in partnership with Lockheed Martin and GE Aviation, during a Dec. 15, 2017, interview with Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted after a joint press conference at the National Press Club in Washington.
Iain Farley, managing director – international at Qinetiq, discusses its recent drone target deal with Emirati company Middle East General Enterprises, drone testing and evaluation opportunities 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.
Kenneth Maum, business development director at Saab Sensis, discusses the company’s air-traffic management product portfolio, harnessing information, 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.
Adm. Paul Zukunft, USCG, commandant of the US Coast Guard, says it “must be funded as a military service,” that the “recurring, five-percent annualized growth in” operating expenditures and “two-billion dollar floor” for acquisition he’s requesting will put the Coast Guard on equal footing with the rest of the US military’s services, and more during a Dec. 14, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at USCG headquarters in Washington.