WIlliam Lynn, president and CEO of Leonardo DRS, discusses the company’s bid for the US Air Force’s T-X program to replace the venerable Northrop T-38 trainer, the acquisition of Daylight Solutions and the implications of President Trump’s “Buy American” approach with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, USAF, commander of the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command, in his final interview before retiring from nearly 40 years on active duty discusses the future of air combat, fusion warfare, light attack planes, F-35A Lighting II fighters and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium March 1-3, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. Our coverage of AWS 2017 was sponsored by DRS Technologies. Carlisle was commissioned from the US Air Force Academy in 1978 and relinquished command of ACC on March 10, 2017, to Gen. James “Mike” Holmes.
Gen. Carlton “Dewey” Everhart II, USAF, commander of the US Air Force’s Air Mobility Command, discusses his priorities, his command’s pilot shortage, modernization needs and modifying transport and tanker planes to serve as “smart” communications and intel nodes with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium MArch 1-3, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. Our coverage of AWS 2017 was sponsored by DRS Technologies.
As more countries acquire drones, will their widespread availability lead to greater military adventurism and conflict? Will countries be more willing to put a drone in harm’s way? If so, how will other nations respond? Would they be more willing to shoot down a drone than a human-inhabited aircraft? And if they did, are those incidents likely to escalate? To help answer these questions, in 2016 the Center for a New American Security conducted a survey experiment to better understand how experts and the general public viewed the use of force with drones.
Donald Trump’s election as America’s 45th president has fueled optimism on both Wall Street and in the defense industry of brighter times ahead.
During the campaign, Trump labeled the US military as broken, pledged to scrap the Budget Control Act and boost Pentagon funding.
And with Republicans in control of the White House and Congress promising to scrap the BCA, there was optimism about a Reagan-esque modernization buildup.
Mark Lewis, former US Air Force chief scientist and current director of the Institute for Defense Analyses’ Science and Technology Institute, discusses the outlook for hypersonic systems, ranks US military aircraft and chimes in on the Star Trek vs. Star Wars debate during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Editor Vago Muradian.
Lani Kass, PhD, a senior vice president and corporate strategic advisor at CACI International, discusses fusion warfare, network resilience, the changes in military culture that fusion warfare demands and man-machine teaming with Defense & Aerospace Editor Vago Muradian during the Air Force Association’s 2017 Air Warfare Symposium March 1-3, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. The Defense and Aerospace Report’s symposium is sponsored by DRS Technologies.
Gen. Tod Wolters, USAF, the commander of the US Air Forces in Europe and Africa — as well as NATO’s Allied Air Command — discusses NATO, Russia, alliance capabilities, the Mediterranean and Africa with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, March 1-3, 2017. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the symposium was sponsored by DRS Technologies.
Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF Ret., the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, discusses US Air Force priorities, strategies to counter ISIS, and President Trump’s top national security team with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s 33rd annual Air Warfare Symposium March 1-3, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the symposium was sponsored by DRS Technologies.
Gen. Robin Rand, USAF, the commander of the US Air Force’s Global Strike Command, discusses the need for a nuclear triad, weapons modernization and better training with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium March 1-3, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the symposium was sponsored by DRS Technologies.