Mitch Snyder, president and CEO of Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, discusses the V-280 Valor tilt rotor, how design can simplify acquisition programs, doing business with the US Army, how “you can be collaborative and competitive at the same time” and more during an Oct. 10, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 2017 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Maj. Gen. David Bassett, US Army, the program executive officer for Army’s ground combat vehicle programs, discusses the decision to equip a tank brigade with the Trophy active protection system by Leonardo DRS and RAFAEL, the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle by BAE Systems and how technologies developed for the now-defunct Ground Combat Vehicle program could be used in the future. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the 2017 AUSA gathering is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Wayne Prender, vice president for controls and surface systems at Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, discusses how the company is making ammunition lighter and more lethal and reducing weapon recoil during an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Brad Feldmann, CEO at Cubic Corporation, discusses the GATR system, satellite-communications and training solutions, troposcatter communications and US defense budget uncertainty’s impact on corporate strategy during an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 2017 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, discusses how the company has adapted its helmet-mounted display for the F-35 Lightning II Fighter into the IronVision system for ground forces and the impact of US defense budget uncertainty during an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the 2017 AUSA gathering is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Jamey Moran, a retired US Army brigadier general who is the vice president for Army systems at Boeing’s Washington Office, discusses the company’s helicopter efforts, its partnership with Sikorsky that is now part of Lockheed Martin, precision strike systems and more during an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the 2017 AUSA gathering is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Charles Freese, executive director of General Motors’ Global Fuel Cell Business, provides a walk around of the SURUS (Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure) autonomous vehicle, shares a tentative timeline for commercial fuel cell sales, explains improvements to the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 demonstrator and discusses the company’s newly announced GM Defense unit in an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 2017 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Joe Bogosian, president and CEO of Safran Optics 1, discusses the merger that formed the company, adapting global technologies to create new products for the US military and corporate strategy in an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 2017 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors’ HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

Mike Peck, enterprise business development director at General Dynamics Land Systems, discusses the Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle Dragoon’s development for the US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, its production schedule, potential customers, guarding against unmanned aerial system attacks and more during an Oct. 9, 2017, interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 2017 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.