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Andrew Hunter, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Defense Industrial Initiatives Group and a senior fellow in its International Security Program, and Todd Harrison, CSIS’ defense budget analysis chief, Aerospace Security Project director and ISP senior fellow, discuss the think tank’s Defense360 “Bad Ideas in National Security” series, the outlook for defense acquisition under the President Donald Trump’s growing administration, and more during a January 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at CSIS’ Washington headquarters.

Clare King, president of Propel, and Bethany Pollack, the company’s vice president for business innovation, discuss the “steam suit” the company designed and manufactured with help from the US Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research-Small Business Technology Transfer (or SBIR-STTR) program, designing for defense and more during a Nov. 2, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Naval Submarine League’s 2017 annual symposium and industry update in northern Virginia.

Capt. Tim Oliver, USN Ret., executive director of the Naval Submarine League, discusses the organization’s mission, his takeaways from its 2017 annual symposium and industry update and more during a Nov. 2, 2017, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the event in northern Virginia.

Cmdr. George Wallace, USN Ret., a bestselling author and former commander of the USS Houston (SSN-713), discusses the challenges of capturing the US Navy submariner experience in print, balancing operational and national security concerns with accuracy, why US Navy submariners’ stories matter and more during a Nov. 1, 2017, interview at the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium and industry update in northern Virginia. “Firing Point,” a novel Wallace co-authored with Don Keith, was adapted into the upcoming film “Hunter-Killer,” starring Gerard Butler.

Lt. Gen. VeraLinn “Dash”Jamieson, USAF, the US Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for ISR, and Lt. Gen. Mark “Hit Me” Nowland, USAF, the service’s chief of staff for operations, discuss multi-domain threats to US air dominance during the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies’ “Mitchell Hour: Threats to Air Supremacy” event on Jan. 4, 2018, in Washington.

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.