Gen. Micael Bydén, supreme commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, discusses Sweden’s Exercise Aurora 17, Russia’s Zapad 2017, counterterrorism priorities, the US-Sweden strategic relationship and more during an Oct. 23, 2017, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington.
On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, we discuss the US House and Senate federal budget resolutions, the US military’s involvement in Africa and the controversy surrounding the the death of four Special Forces troops in a botched operation in Niger, the expulsion of ISIS from Raqqa, last week’s Airbus-Bombardier deal and more. This week’s guests include Gordon Adams of American University’s School of International Service and the Stimson Center, Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
Gen. Ron Fogleman, USAF Ret., 15th US Air Force chief of staff and 2017 Air Force Association Lifetime Achievement award recipient, discusses how his experience as a Vietnam War veteran shaped him as a commander and service chief, and whether he thinks the war “was worth it” during an excerpt from a wide-ranging Sept. 18, 2017, interview at the association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show near Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS, and this interview is in partnership with the Air Force Association.
Gen. Ron Fogleman, USAF Ret., 15th US Air Force chief of staff and 2017 Air Force Association Lifetime Achievement award recipient, discusses his experience with the 416 Fighter Squadron, the Misty mission, flying the F-100 Super Sabre and more during an excerpt from a wide-ranging Sept. 18, 2017, interview at the association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show near Washington. Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS, and this interview is in partnership with the Air Force Association.
Mark Signorelli, vice president for strategy and business development at BAE Systems’ Platforms & Services, discusses its mobile Short-Range Air Defense demonstrator (designed to showcase SHORAD upgrade options for the next-generation Bradley Fighting Vehicle), other offerings for the service (including munitions programs and vision systems), the potential to integrate technologies from the now-cancelled Ground Combat Vehicle program into future products and more during an interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 2017 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Amer Tabbaa, managing director of SOFEX, discusses significance of the flight training deal struck between Inzpire and the Golden Eagle Flight Academy in Jordan, and previews the 2018 SOFEX conference and trade show during a September 2017 interview at the Defense and Security Equipment International conference and trade show in London. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is in partnership with DSEI and Clarion Events.
Chris Ruff, deputy director of the 82nd Airborne Division’s Museum at Fort Bragg, N.C., gives an in-depth look at the personal equipment issued to American soldiers during World War I including gas mask, helmet, training and more in the second segment of a two-part interview during the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting and tradeshow. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Chris Ruff, deputy director of the 82nd Airborne Division’s Museum at Fort Bragg, N.C., gives an in-depth look at the personal equipment issued to American soldiers during World War I including uniform, boots and more in the first segment of a two-part interview during the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting and tradeshow. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
On today’s special breaking-news edition of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, panelists Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Defense & Aerospace Report editor and host Vago Muradian discusses the Airbus’ surprise deal with Bombardier to buy a majority stake in its C Series program.
Kelly Scheidt, business development manager and engineer for IR sensor systems at L3 Technologies, discusses its new “open platform processing system” that looks to increase battlefield awareness by better connecting preexisting US Army sensor assets, the company’s contributions to systems across the defense industry and how it is working to counter the unmanned-system threat during an interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 2017 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.