Harlan Ullman, PhD, an Atlantic Council senior adviser, retired US Navy captain and Vietnam War veteran, discusses his new book, “Anatomy of Failure: Why America Loses Every War It Starts,” how the country can break the cycle, how to increase US military readiness and more during a December 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Col. Mark Cancian, USMC Ret., senior adviser in the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ International Security Program, analyzes the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy’s structure, significance and more during a Dec. 19, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at CSIS’ Washington headquarters.
Gen. Denis Mercier, French Air Force, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, discusses themes and priorities for the 2017 NATO Chiefs of Transformation Conference, promoting technological interoperability, NATO Allied Command Transformation’s autonomy program, the alliance’s newest Center of Excellence, and more during a Dec. 13, 2017, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at this year’s event in Norfolk, Virginia.
Brad Mottier, vice president and general manager for business and general aviation & integrated systems at GE Aviation, and Rob Weiss, executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics advanced development programs (also known as Skunk Works), discuss contributions to the aircraft, design and engineering challenges, and more 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.
Theresa Hitchens, senior research associate at the the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies (or CISSM), discusses space-policy and -defense priorities for the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, National Security Strategy and beyond during a November 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Peter Smith, chairman and CEO at the Nasmyth Group, and Tony Sexton, the group’s director of systems & defense, discuss how the company found a business opportunity within UK military base closures, corporate investment strategy, defense budget uncertainty and more during Part 2 of a September 2017 interview with Vago Muradian at the 2017 Defence and Security Equipment International conference and trade show in London. Our coverage was in partnership with DSEI and Clarion Events.
Tony Sexton, director of systems & defense at the Nasmyth Group, and Peter Smith, the group’s chairman and CEO, discuss their satellite contract with Airbus Defence and Space, corporate growth strategy and more during Part 1 of a September 2017 interview with Vago Muradian at the 2017 Defence and Security Equipment International conference and trade show in London. Our coverage was in partnership with DSEI and Clarion Events.
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.