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FLIR’s Ray on Ranger Radars, Recon V Sensor, R&D, Investment
David Ray, president of FLIR’s government and defense business unit, discusses the company’s Ranger family of radars and Recon V ultra-light, next-generation, portable, thermal handheld sensor , his research and development priorities, strategic investment and much more in a wide-ranging, May 22, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR.
Watch USSOCOM Commander Thomas’ Keynote Address at NDIA’s SOFIC 2018
Gen. Raymond “Tony” Thomas, USA, commander of US Special Operations Command, discusses defense industry’s role in helping USSOCOM achieve its mission, why integrated-product teams and technological innovation are crucial for combat development, how the command’s acquisition benefits the joint force, the urgency of empowering individual special operators and more during a May 22, 2018, keynote address at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.
INTERVIEWS PODCAST: L3 Technologies’ Kubasik on Corporate Transformation, Defense Spending, M&A Strategy
Welcome to the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies. On our first episode, Chris Kubasik, chairman, CEO and president of L3 Technologies, discusses his goals for the company (including making it “a nontraditional 6th prime” US government contractor), defense-spending expectations, growth strategy, reorganization and integration efforts, competing with bigger firms, increasing contract win rates, merger and acquisition strategy, and much more during a wide-ranging, May 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the company’s headquarters in northern Virginia.
USSOCOM’s Smith on Acquisition Priorities, Industry Opportunities
Col. Jim Smith, USA Ret., acquisition executive at US Special Operations Command, discusses the command’s acquisition priorities, how that list is changing in response to an evolving threat environment, the biggest problems the command needs industry’s help to solve, USSOCOM’s role in military-information support operations, collaborating with other services’ acquisition executives and much more in a wide-ranging, May 22, 2018, interview with Defense &. Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.
US Naval War College’s Roehrig on North Korea’s Naval Strategy, Politics of Denuclearization
Terry Roehrig, PhD, a professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College, discusses North Korea’s naval strategy, fleet mix, geographical challenges to maritime defense, submarine-launched ballistic missile program, military and nuclear capability, the politics of denuclearization and much more during a wide-ranging, May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, R.I.
US Army’s Esper on Talent-Management Reform Priorities
Mark Esper, PhD, US Army secretary, discusses his priorities for reforming the service’s talent management system during a May 16, 2018, press conference at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington. The press conference was held following a modernization discussion between Esper and Susannah Blume, a senior fellow in CNAS’ Defense Program.
NDIA’s Boozer on SOFIC 2018, Why DoD-Defense Industry Dialogue Matters
Maj. Gen. Jim Boozer, USA Ret., chief of staff at the National Defense Industrial Association, previews the organization’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (also known as SOFIC), being held May 21-24 in Tampa, Fla., and discusses this year’s theme and priorities, collaborating with the US Defense Department, government leaders, industry and academia, the significance of DoD-industry dialogue and more in a May 21, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the event. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.
Air Tractor’s Menker on Future Prospects for AT-802U Multi-Mission Aircraft
Tom Menker, business development & government relations representative at Air Tractor, discusses the company’s AT-802U multi-mission aircraft, why its ISR capabilities make it a good fit for the US Air Force despite its elimination from the service’s light-attack experiment aircraft competition, the aircraft’s specifications and more during a May 18, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor and Host Vago Muradian at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24 in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage was sponsored by FLIR Systems.
Defense & Aerospace Business Report Podcast [May 21, 2018]
On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss US-China trade relations, Iran, Russia, North Korea, the week in defense markets and more. This week’s guests include lan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council, Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Evelyn Farkas, PhD, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Obama administration who is now with the Atlantic Council, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.