Col. Tom Menker, USAF Ret., a business development and government relations representative at Air Tractor, discusses lessons learned from the AT-802i program, the AT-802U close-air support turboprop, what’s next for the company, 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.
Harry Geier, director of marketing and development at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, discusses its still-airworthy Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter — the only such aircraft still flying with its original engineer — which was captured by US forces on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, during a Nov. 28, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, our panelists preview the coming year. This week’s guests include 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 thoughts are his own — and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
Capt. Alexander Smith, USMC, a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Rein.), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., discusses the giant aircraft’s capabilities, range, role in Marine operations and more during a November 2017 interview at the 2017 Dubai Air Show. Our coverage was sponsored by FLIR Systems.
Karl Zingheim, the USS Midway Museum’s historian, discusses the legendary aircraft carrier’s design and features, history, highlights from 47 years in service and more during a Nov. 29, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in San Diego, California.
Brig. Gen. Arturo Nitti, Italian Army, chief of the Italian Ministry of Defence’s Centre for Defence Innovation, discusses NATO’s new, Rome-based Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence, its mission, its significance to Italy and more during a Dec. 13, 2017, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report, conducted at NATO Allied Command Transformation’s 2017 Chiefs of Transformation Conference in Norfolk, Virginia.
Harry Geier, marketing and development director at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, discusses the Bell P-59 Airacomet, the first US-produced fighter jet, and which the museum is trying to get back in flight, during a Nov. 29, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian conducted at the museum. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
Harry Geier, marketing and development director at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, discusses the Northrop N9MB Flying Wing, a test model the company built while developing a full-sized bomber, during a Nov. 29, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian conducted at the museum. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
