Vice Adm. Bill Merz, USN, deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems, discusses a 355-ship force to address great-power threats, fleet-mix priorities and more during an April 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space Symposium, held April 9-11, 2018, outside of Washington. Our coverage is sponsored by Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

Jim Miller, business development director for combat vehicles at BAE Systems, discusses the company’s Mobile Protected Firepower and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle programs, a potential AMPV engineering variant that’s being developed internally and more during a March 2018 interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Association of the United States Army’s 2018 Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Carl Coffman, director of global business development for advanced tiltrotor systems at Bell, a Textron company, and a retired US Army colonel, shares an update on the company’s V-280 Valor program, and discusses unmanned aerial systems and the company’s recent rebrand during a March 2018 interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Association of the United States Army’s 2018 Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS. Bell sponsors our weekly Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast.

John Bryant, president of Oshkosh Defense, discusses the company’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, its recent contract with the US Army to build the A2 variant of its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, the omnibus spending measure’s impact on production rates and more during a March 2018 interview at the Association of the United States Army’s 2018 Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Dan Kirby, program manager of Raytheon’s new strategic systems engineering services contract with the US Army, discusses the program’s modernization mission and timeline during a March 2018 interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Association of the United States Army’s 2018 Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

David Pittman, PhD, the US Army Corps of Engineers’ chief scientist and director of its Vicksburg, Mississippi-based US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, discusses the center’s role in supporting US Army modernization, the federal omnibus’ impact on its work, sustainability and more during a March 26, 2018, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Association of the United States Army’s 2018 Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Ryan McCarthy, US Army under secretary, and Gen. James McConville, USA, the Army’s vice chief of staff, discuss lessons learned from working to stand up Army Futures Command in a year marked by fiscal uncertainty during a March 26, 2018, press roundtable held at the Association of the United States Army’s 2018 Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Mark Esper, PhD, US Army secretary, discusses what qualities he would like to see in the inaugural commander of the Army Futures Command — who’s slated to be selected and announced in coming weeks — and the prospect of buying or adapting equipment from sister services and allies to aid in modernization during a press roundtable at the Association of the United States Army’s 2018 Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.