Col. Jordan Thomas, USAF Ret., vice president for federal services at CommunityForce, discusses company’s collaboration with Adobe on developing a training system for the US Air Force, the changing face of training and more during an August 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Training and Simulation Association’s 2017 iFest conference in northern Virginia.
On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, we discuss ongoing US-North Korea nuclear tensions, their impact on the defense budget, China’s role in the situation, the outlook for DIUx and other Ash-Carter-era innovation initiatives in Gen. James Mattis’ Pentagon, and more. This week’s guests include Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council, Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, says the US Navy’s future frigate “needs to be a multi-mission capable ship” and gives Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian a status update on the program, including its recent request for information soliciting “industry’s ideas on what the frigate should be able to do,” during an August 2017 interview at CSBA headquarters in Washington.
Rear Adm. James Robb, USN Ret., president of the National Training and Simulation Association — an affiliate subsidiary of the National Defense Industrial Association — says the best training is where simplicity meets a good user interface, and discusses the organization’s mission, goals and more during an Aug. 2, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at NTSA’s 2017 iFest conference in northern Virginia.
Lt. Gen. George Muellner, USAF Ret., chairman emeritus of the Air Force Association, discusses lessons learned from his Vietnam War experience and what the US Air Force needs to do to adapt to a changing warfighting environment during AFA’s 2017 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla. Defense & Aerospace Report’s AWS 2017 coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS. Gen. Muellner, 75, passed away Feb. 11, 2019.
Tom Karako, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Missile Defense Program and senior fellow in its International Security Program, discusses North Korea’s most recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, its implications for US and Asian-Pacific security, and the Pentagon’s most recent Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (or THAAD) test during an Aug. 2, 2017, interview at CSIS headquarters in Washington.
Dean Pianta, solutions manager at Adobe Systems Federal, shares his predictions for the future of e-learning, stresses the importance of social learning when training teams, and more during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Training and Simulation Association’s iFest 2017 conference in Alexandria, Va.
Sae Schatz, PhD, director of the US Defense Department’s Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, says US warfighters need to be “lifelong learners” to maintain readiness in an “increasingly volatile” world, discusses ADL’s history and role in training and simulation, and more during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Training and Simulation Association’s iFest 2017 conference in Alexandria, Va. ADL was a co-sponsor of the event.
The Center for a New American Security’s August 2017 report entitled “The ‘Section 702′ Surveillance Program: What You Need to Know,” co-authored by Adam Klein, CNAS’ Robert M. Gates senior fellow, Madeline Christian, a former technology and national security intern at CNAS, and Matt Olsen, an adjunct senior fellow in the think tank’s Technology & National Security program, dissects the controversial portion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ahead of its tentative expiration on Dec. 31, 2017 (barring congressional reauthorization). The report explains how the provision’s surveillance authorities differ from other FISA ones, the scope of potential targeting, how authorized data is collected and more.
On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, we discuss the US Defense Department’s 901 Report, President Donald Trump’s shifting strategy in Afghanistan, aerospace stocks, how the new movie “Dunkirk” rates in terms of historical accuracy, and more. This week’s guests include Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.