On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine — and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the latest defense and aerospace headlines and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
The U.S. Space Force asked the Rand Corporation to come up with a new officer workforce framework, “conceived independently of the existing [U.S. Air Force] structure.” This novel proposal, which aims to balance space mission requirements and the careers of officers, has been delivered. Laura Winter speaks with two of the Rand Corporation authors, Larry Hanser, a senior behavioral scientist, and Jennifer Li, a senior management Scientist; and Chris Stone, Senior Fellow for Space Deterrence-National Institute for Deterrence Studies; and Brent Ziarnick, an associate professor of space power at the Air Command and Staff College.
On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy, join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the week on world markets as defense spending uncertainty returns to Washington, industry wide implications of Spirit AeroSystems’ new contract with unionized workers that if approved would raise pay by 34 percent, news reports that Ball Corp. is considering selling its aerospace unit for more than $5 billion, a progress report on the UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Aircraft Program and some of the characteristics of the new fighter, key storylines from the 54th Paris Air Show including whether commercial aircraft orders will set a new record and the Franco-German-Spanish SCAF fighter program, plus a Ukraine war update.
Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…China and Russia are not only building more submarines, but their subs are getting better all the time. How does the US Navy fight back? Noted naval analyst Bryan Clark returns to the podcast to talk about his newest anti-submarine warfare study, which recommends, among other things – making more noise in the water.
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On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend now with the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to GOP floor antics as politically unpalatable new budget levels are set, House Armed Services and Defense Appropriations markups, Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s, R-Ala., continued hold on 250 military promotions, the global implications of former President Trump’s federal indictment for taking top secret documents including nuclear and war plans then misleading investigators, Ukraine’s counteroffensive and whether Washington and the West’s incremental approach to arming Kyiv is leaving the country without what it needs to mount a successful offensive, Russia’s claim it deployed nuclear weapons to Belarus, Germany’s new national security strategy, France scuppers NATO’s plan to open a liaison office in Tokyo to better coordinate alliance activities with Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, White House messaging on China’s spy base in Cuba, whether Turkey will allow Sweden to join the alliance, update on Israel’s chaotic political scene and White House outreach to Iran.
Big Bang Theory — An innovative technology promises to drastically increase the range and/or shrink the size of air-launched (and other) munitions. We talk with the CEO of the company that’s making it happen. It’s time for our monthly update on air and missile defense with CSIS’s Tom Karako. And we’ll have the week’s headlines in airpower. It’s 50 pounds of show in a 5-pound bag!
On this week’s Technology Report, Sam Caucci, the founder and CEO of 1Huddle — an innovative workforce performance and training platform — discusses new contracts with the Air Force and Navy special operations commands, how training that is mentally challenging improves retention and learning outcomes, and the changing nature of work in the wake of the covid pandemic; and Justin Sherman, the founder of the DC research and advisory firm Global Cyber Strategies, discusses Russia’s hacking conference, the evolution of the Russian cyber ecosystem after global sanctions in response to Moscow’s war on Ukraine, Montana’s move to ban TikTok and the company’s countersuit, the right approach to regulating foreign-owned social media, and the flaws in the House bill that aims to limit China’s ability to develop undersea cables with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Ted Colbert, the CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, discusses his drive to improve his unit’s performance by hiring thousands, investing in his business and driving sweeping culture change to empower his workforce, the new global security environment in the wake of the Ukraine war, learning lessons from past program missteps, driving growth and winning major new contracts, and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Ukraine’s counteroffensive to liberated its territory from Russian occupation, the Kremlin’s new directive that all Russian “volunteers” fighting in Ukraine register as contractors, and Russia’s non-government UAV ecosystem; AIA President and CEO Eric Fanning discusses the impact of the debt deal on defense spending, inflation impact, rebuilding defense industrial capacity in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, priorities for the Paris Air Show, and need for tax credit and export control reforms; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the US defense budget outlook and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the week on world markets as investors weigh commercial real estate worries and prospects that Congress might not plus up Pentagon spending, the International Air Transport Association’s new traffic numbers and outlook on sustainable aviation, the concern that airlines are ordering too many airplanes in large blocks, Airbus delivery figures, defense sentiment as Ukraine launches its counteroffensive, and themes for the upcoming Paris Air Show that convenes the week after next at the historic airfield at Le Bourget outside the French capital.