Brett Pierson, a retired US Navy captain who now works as the senior test and demonstration pilot for government and special mission aircraft at Textron Aviation Defense, discusses the Scorpion program’s status, the company’s advantages in the US Air Force’s OA-X competition and more during a Nov. 12, 2017, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the 2017 Dubai Airshow. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.

John Elbon, director of global sales & marketing at Boeing Space Programs discusses the relationship between space exploration and diplomacy, the role of the Gulf region in corporate strategy and more during a Nov. 12, 2017, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the 2017 Dubai Airshow. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.

Tony Castilleja, a systems engineer who works in sales and marketing at Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s CST-100 Starliner program, discusses the program’s status and timeline, on-board autonomous systems, the Atlas V rocket that it’ll be launched on and more during an interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the 2017 Dubai Airshow. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.

Vince Tobin, executive vice president for military programs at Bell Helicopter, discusses business opportunities and challenges in the Gulf region, the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft, and more during a Nov. 12, 2017, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the 2017 Dubai Airshow. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems. Bell Helicopter sponsors our weekly Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast.