Lt. Gen. Steven Shepro, USAF, the deputy chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, discusses transformation, capabilities and future warfare trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Supreme Allied Command Transformation’s 2016 Chiefs of Transformation Conference in Norfolk, Va., Dec. 13-15, 2016.
In part three of a three-part interview, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus discusses naming ships including the new Columbia-class that will replace the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, accomplishments and regrets, and how today’s Navy differs from the force he joined in 1969 with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
In part one of a three-part interview, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus discusses recommendations for the incoming Trump administration, the impact of the Budget Control Act on his service, spending priorities, the Littoral Combat Ship program and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
In part two of a three-part interview, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus discusses his dispute with Defense Secretary Ash Carter over the Navy and Marine Corps’ 2018 budget request and reforms to the landmark 1986 Goldwater-Nichols legislation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, discusses the global outlook for commercial jet orders, new aircraft and competition with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at BCA’s headquarters near Seattle on Dec. 6, 2016.
Steve Grundman, a former DoD industrial affairs chief who currently serves as the M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses the impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s tweets on the defense industry, the potential contrast between Wall Street expectations and defense-budget realities under the new administration during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report editor Vago Muradian.
Lt. Gen. Jeff Lofgren, USAF, the chief of staff for capabilities development at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation, discusses how to address immediate needs while building to goals for the year 2030, wargaming and minimizing a transatlantic capability gap between America and its allies during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Supreme Allied Command Transformation’s 2016 Chiefs of Transformation conference in Norfolk, Virginia, between Dec. 13-15, 2016.
Bill Lynn, former deputy defense secretary and CEO of DRS Technologies, and Ben FitzGerald, senior fellow and director of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, discuss CNAS’ “Future Foundry” report during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Gen. Denis Mercier, French Air Force, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, discusses his objectives for the 2016 Chiefs of Transformation Conference, innovation and driving change with Defense & Aerospace Editor Vago Muradian at the Supreme Allied Command Transformation’s 2016 Chiefs of Transformation conference in Norfolk, Virginia, between Dec. 13-15, 2016.
Jorge Domecq, the chief executive of the European Defence Agency, discusses transatlantic cooperation and capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report’s Vago Muradian in Washington on Dec. 11, 2016.