Mark Fitzpatrick, executive director of IISS-Americas, discusses how the US should counter China on trade, the foreign policy implications of President Donald Trump’s decision to leave the Iran nuclear deal and more during a May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington.
Peter Hultqvist, Sweden’s defense minister, discusses the new trilateral defense-cooperation agreement among the US, Sweden and Finland to improve intelligence sharing and boost regional stability and security, next steps for the agreement, Swedish defense spending, relations with Russia and more during a May 8, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted during an Atlantic Council event at the House of Sweden, which is Sweden’s embassy to the US.
Jussi Niinistö, PhD, Finland’s defense minister, discusses the significance and deterrent power of the new trilateral defense-cooperation agreement by the US, Sweden and Finland to enhance regional stability and security, his hopes for future military collaboration among the nations, the prospect of re-establishing a Finnish submarine service, new fighter aircraft and the Helsinki-Moscow relationship during a May 8, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted during an Atlantic Council event at the House of Sweden, which is Sweden’s embassy to the US.
Dave Harrold, business development director for survivability, targeting and sensing solutions at BAE Systems, discusses the company’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System guided rocket — also known as APKWS — and how it fits into the US Army’s renewed focus on modernization during an interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
Juanita Harris, D.Mgt., executive director of the US Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center that is based at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, discusses her center’s role in supporting the service’s Future Vertical Lift and Long-Range Precision Fires efforts, how cross-functional teams work, and much more in a wide-ranging interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
Lt. Col. Bruce Kasold, USA Ret., acting president and chief operating officer of the PenFed Foundation, and Maj. Mark Smith, USA Ret., the foundation’s director of programs and development, discuss the organization’s history, its unique focus on helping post-9/11 veterans and their caregivers, core programs, the upcoming initiative to support veteran entrepreneurs that it’s establishing in conjunction with the PenFed Credit Union, the organization’s 2018 gala and honorees, and more in a wide-ranging interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington.
Scott Tumpak, vice president for military programs at Airbus Helicopters, shares an update on its Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota program, and discusses the company’s H145 multi-mission helicopter and its VSR 700 reconnaissance unmanned aerial system during an interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, a Textron company, we discuss the upcoming congressional markup of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act, the week in defense and aerospace markets, UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Boris Johnson’s visit to Washington and much more. This week’s guests include Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council, former Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale, PhD, (who now advises Booz Allen Hamilton — his thoughts are his own), and Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Ron Hutter, executive director of GE Aviation’s T901 turboshaft engine program, discusses program updates, technology investment, the company’s T700 engine, US Army modernization and more during an April 2018 interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
Chris Frillman, director of programs for weapons systems at Arnold Defense, discusses the company’s LWL-12 lightweight rocket launcher, the future of weapons development and more in an interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.