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Mike Coulter, senior vice president for business development at Leonardo DRS, discusses the company’s partnership with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems on the Trophy Active Protection System that will outfit a US tank brigade, the company’s Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS), budget uncertainty and strategic planning and more in an Oct. 11, 2017, 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 HydoTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Steven Luys, vice president for rugged and air transportation solutions at Esterline Advanced Displays, discusses the 12- and 15-inch “fully rugged,” GVA-compatible displays it’s debuting at the Association of the United States Army’s 2017 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington during an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the event. He also discusses the US market for the company’s rugged headsets. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Brig. Gen. Andrew Twomey, US Army Ret., senior vice president and general manager at ManTech International Corporation’s C4ILOG-SE Business Unit, discusses how the company uses its “cyber range” to train individuals and groups, why military and commercial skillsets are needed to strengthen system security, and more 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.

Robert Pearson, PhD, land systems director at Cobham Antenna Systems, discusses using antenna technology to counter airborne improved explosive devices, making military GPS systems less susceptible to jamming, improving in-vehicle communications without compromising network security, and more during an interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 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.

Mitch Snyder, president and CEO of Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, discusses the V-280 Valor tilt rotor, how design can simplify acquisition programs, doing business with the US Army, how “you can be collaborative and competitive at the same time” and more during an Oct. 10, 2017, 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.

Maj. Gen. David Bassett, US Army, the program executive officer for Army’s ground combat vehicle programs, discusses the decision to equip a tank brigade with the Trophy active protection system by Leonardo DRS and RAFAEL, the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle by BAE Systems and how technologies developed for the now-defunct Ground Combat Vehicle program could be used in the future. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the 2017 AUSA gathering is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Wayne Prender, vice president for controls and surface systems at Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, discusses how the company is making ammunition lighter and more lethal and reducing weapon recoil during an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 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.

Brad Feldmann, CEO at Cubic Corporation, discusses the GATR system, satellite-communications and training solutions, troposcatter communications and US defense budget uncertainty’s impact on corporate strategy during an Oct. 9, 2017, 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.