In an exclusive, wide-ranging exit interview, Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, USAF, program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II fighter, discusses the world’s largest and most complex weapons program as he prepares to hand the reins to Vice Adm. Mat Winter, USN, on May 25, 2017, and retire after more than three decades in uniform.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Illinois, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Iraq Caucus, discusses the results of a recent poll of Iraqi citizens on ISIS and security, Iraq and Afghanistan strategy and the Trump administration’s 2018 budget request with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the US Capitol after a May. 25, 2017, Iraq Caucus meeting that included a briefing by the National Democratic Institute, which recently polled Iraqis on their security views.
Vice Adm. Sandra Stosz, USCG, deputy commandant for mission support, discusses Coast Guard budget and innovation priorities, military, government and private-sector partnerships, the service’s strategic planning process and more during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted after a Marine Technology Society event at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Arlington, Va., on May 24, 2017.
In the sixth and final installment of Defense & Aerospace Report’s exclusive exit interview with F-35 Lightning II Fighter PEO Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, he discusses the accomplishments he’s most proud of, advice for his successor, Vice Adm. Mat Winter, USN, and his post-retirement plans. The interview was conducted May 11, 2017, at the Joint Strike Fighter program office in Arlington, Va.
In the fifth installment of Defense & Aerospace Report’s exclusive exit interview with Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, USAF, program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II Fighter, he discusses decisions he’d make again, ones he wouldn’t repeat in other programs and how to fight obsolescence. The interview was filmed May 11, 2017, at the Joint Strike Fighter program office in Arlington, Va.
In the fourth installment of Defense & Aerospace Report’s exclusive exit interview with Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, USAF, program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II Fighter, he discusses lessons learned from his career in defense acquisitions. The interview was filmed May 11, 2017, at the Joint Strike Fighter program office in Arlington, Va.
“In this report, RAND researchers analyze Russian views of the international order,” the RAND Corporation writes of its May 2017 report “Russian Views of the International Order,” co-authored by Andrew Radin and Clinton Bruce Reach. “They identify core Russian foreign policy interests, including defense of the regime, influence in its neighborhood, and status as a great power. The authors trace how these interests have led to growing Russian skepticism of the West and to Russia’s current view that the international order is dominated by the United States and is a threat to Russian interests and security.”
Defense & Aerospace Report caught up with Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, USAF, program executive officer for the F-35 Lighting II Fighter, for an exclusive exit interview (and his last on camera) before he retires from the US Air Force. In the wide-reaching, six-part series, he shares insights into the Joint Strike Fighter program, lessons learned and advice for his successor, Adm. Winters. The interview was conducted on May 11 at the program’s offices in Arlington, Virginia.
On May 22, 1968, the American nuclear attack submarine USS Scorpion, went missing with 99 men aboard on her way back to Norfolk, Virginia. Scorpion left New London, Connecticut, in February 1968 with a goal of reaching the Mediterranean Sea for a two-month European deployment, the Naval History and Heritage Command writes. However, they continue, she last radioed her position on May 21, 1968. She was lost southwest of the Azores, a group of islands about 950 miles west of mainland Portugal, on May 22, the US Navy reports.
In this week’s special Budget Day 2017 episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, we look at President Trump’s proposed FY 18 federal budget, his first foreign trip (to the Middle East and Rome), the terror attack in Manchester, England, and more. The Defense & Aerospace Business Report is sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company.
This week’s guests include:
● Gordon Adams, professor emeritus at American University’s School of International Service
● Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute
● Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch
● Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies
● Sash Tusa of Agency Partners in London