Lt. Gen. Jeff “Cobra” Harrigian, USAF, commander of US Air Forces Central Command, discusses innovation priorities, the next phase in the fight against ISIS, lessons learned from urban combat in Mosul, Iraq, and Raqqa, Syria, the outlook for establishing a new Air Expeditionary Wing in Iraq, AFCENT’s relationship with its Russian counterparts, and more in a wide-ranging, March 12, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX) in Qatar. Our coverage was sponsored by DIMDEX 2018.

Enrico Bonetti, senior vice president of Fincantieri Naval Vessels’ international business unit, discusses the company’s naval modernization contract with Qatar, what makes the company’s amphibious transport dock and FREM frigate design attractive to international customers, what sets the company’s offering for the US Navy’s future frigate contest apart from the competition and more during a March 12, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX) in Qatar. Our coverage was sponsored by DIMDEX 2018.

David Heley, head of business development for Babcock Oman’s Duqm Naval Dockyard and a former Royal Navy spokesman, discusses the company’s collaboration with the Omani government to handle warship repair and maintenance at the yard, its vision for the site’s future, the demand for dry-dock services and more during a March 12, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX) in Qatar. Our coverage was sponsored by DIMDEX 2018.