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Rafael’s Horowitz: Drone Dome’s Light Beam Helps It Quickly Defeat Long-Range Threats

Col. Joseph “Yossi” Horowitz, Israeli Air Force Ret., director of marketing for Rafael Advanced Defense Systems’ Air Superiority Systems Division, discusses the company’s Drone Dome system, designed to “detect and defeat” the drone threat “at relatively long ranges,” and the technology behind it — such as its light beam and phased-array radar — during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at Paris-Le Bourget Airport during the 2017 Paris Air Show. Defense & Aerospace Report’s Paris Air Show coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

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Defense & Aerospace Business Report [July 31, 2017]

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company, we discuss ongoing FY18 defense budget deliberations on Capitol Hill, the impact of the week in international security provocations on US defense spending, President Donald Trump’s defense-industrial base executive order, the potential implications of American sanctions on global powers on the EU-US relationship 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, Bob Hale of the Center for a New American Security’s Defense Strategies and Assessments Program (and former Pentagon comptroller, Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Success, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

THINK TANK CENTRAL
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Mitchell Institute’s ‘An Operational Imperative: The Future of Air Superiority’

In a July 2017 report published by the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies entitled “An Operational Imperative: The Future of Air Superiority,” Brig. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, USAF, reflects on his work as part of an interdisciplinary team charged with reviewing “options to gain and maintain continued control of the air,” according to a press release. Grynkewich writes that the US Defense Department needs to change its approaches to data and acquisition to achieve “air superiority in the future.”

MISCELLANEOUS
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USAF’s Pawlikowski: DoD Use of Agile Software Development ‘Critical’

Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, USAF,  commander of US Air Force Materiel Command, discusses agile software development’s criticality to the work of both the US Air Force and US Defense Department — especially in the face of rising weapons-systems software costs — and barriers to its implementation during the Mitchell Space Breakfast Series’ “Keeping a Decisive Edge — Agile Software Development in the USAF” event, presented by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies on July 14, 2017, at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington.

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US Naval Research Lab’s ‘Flimmer’ Autonomous Vehicle Can Travel Sky, Sea

Alvin Cross, head of the US Naval Research Laboratory’s Autonomous Vehicles Section, discusses its “Flimmer,” or the Flying-Swimmer — a combination unmanned aerial and underwater vehicle — and the “Nomad” UAS during a June 29, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the British Embassy in Washington. The interview was conducted during the Autonomy & Innovation Across the Defence, Security and Civil Sectors – Demonstration event at the British Embassy in Washington.

THINK TANK CENTRAL
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Mitchell Institute: ‘Consolidating the Revolution: Optimizing the Potential of Remotely Piloted Aircraft’

In his new report entitled “Consolidating the Revolution: Optimizing the Potential of Remotely Piloted Aircraft,” Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF Ret., dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, argues that the US needs to revamp its use of remotely piloted aircraft, or RPAs, since demand for them will stay high despite falling defense budgets.

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Airbus’ Whitby: Zephyr UAS Battery to Last 30 Days, Nights With New Technology

Steve Whitby, head of business development and sales for Airbus Defence and Space’s Zephyr program, says the company has made the UAS lighter and larger, invested in battery technology that it says will extend the Zephyr’s battery life to 30 days and nights — thereby breaking its own world record — and more during a June 29, 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted during the Autonomy & Innovation Across the Defence, Security and Civil Sectors – Demonstration event at the British Embassy in Washington.

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Insitu’s Heckman: ‘Purpose-Built Engines’ Extend ScanEagle UAS’ Flight Times, Fuel Efficiency

Lyle Heckman, unmanned aerial systems instructor and operator at Insitu, updates Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian on developments with the company’s ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems program — including “purpose-built engines” designed to boost performance, RPM, fuel efficiency and allow for longer flight times, a smaller UAS launcher, a SkyHook recovery system redesign and more during a June 29, 2017, interview. The interview was conducted during the Autonomy & Innovation Across the Defence, Security and Civil Sectors – Demonstration event at the British Embassy in Washington.

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Defense & Aerospace Business Report [July 24, 2017]

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, we discuss the potential impact of Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain’s brain cancer diagnosis on major defense deliberations on Capitol Hill — including US Defense Department confirmations, the defense mergers and acquisitions outlook 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 Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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Mitchell Institute’s Deptula: DoD Needs to Optimize Use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF Ret., dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, discusses his new report entitled “Consolidating the Revolution: Optimizing the Potential of Remotely Piloted Aircraft,” and says the US Defense Department needs to make its use of RPA use “more economical, efficient” and “effective,” by improving technology, organization and acquisition, during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Institute’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

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