On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Greg Ulmer, the executive Vice president of Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics sector, discusses the future of combat aviation, the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft, lessons the US Navy is learning from operating the F-35C Lightning II, how to ensure the Next-Generation Air Dominance aircraft, the keys to speed, integrating with allies and partners, F-35 production rates, coping with inflation and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Amir Adnani, the president and CEO of Uranium Energy Corporation, America’s leading nuclear fuels firm, discusses the need for the United States to end its reliance on Russian nuclear fuels and increase investment in a sovereign source for both energy for clean energy and national security with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses who is also affiliated with the Center for a New American Security discusses the latest from Russo-Ukraian conflict, types of foreign weapons making their way on to the battlefield and the domestic political challenges Vladimir Putin faces in light of Russian setbacks; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners also analyses the war and consensus views of the conflict, inflation affect on DoD and defense contractors , what he hopes to hear and see at the AFA Sea, Air and Cyber Conference and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula, USAF Ret., the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies previews the upcoming Air Force Association Air Space and Cyber Conference.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Tom Mahnken, the president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses how to prepare for a security environment where China, Russia, Iran and North Korea work together against the rules based order, lessons China is drawing from Russia’s war on Ukraine and the international diplomatic-information-military-economic response to Moscow’s aggression, his think tank’s new China Strategic Choices tool and how it can shape better US and allied decision-making, lessons from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces agreement that are relevant today, the importance of a munitions strategy and properly resourcing weapons, the Biden administration’s new approach to Joint All Domain Command and Control, and the Taiwan Policy Act with Defense & aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses who is also affiliated with the Center for a New American Security discusses Ukraine’s counteroffensive that’s clawed back thousands of square kilometers from Russian forces, how Moscow is likely to retaliate, Ukrainian and Russian capabilities, and how the setbacks are impacting Vladimir Putin’s popularity; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners also analyses the war and consensus views of the conflict, next possible steps by Russia, why analysts are so wrong about the nature of threats going back to 9/11, whether a defeat in Ukraine changes European perceptions of Russia as a threat, Polish and German defense investment plans, the bullish case for US defense and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Lt. Gen. Chip Gregson, USMC Ret., a former assistant secretary of defense for Asia Pacific Security affairs who is affiliated with the Center for the National Interest and advises the Global Taiwan Institute, and Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, USM Ret., the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and director of the bipartisan Cyber Solarium 2.0 Commission, discuss the Taiwan Policy Act under consideration by Congress with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Mike Brown, the director of the Defense Innovation Unit, in his final interview before stepping down from his post, discusses the nature of technological competition with adversaries like China and Russia, the imperative for speed and innovation, lessons from Russia’s war on Ukraine, how to help the Pentagon be a rapid adopter of ever faster moving commercial technology, the keys to speed as well as the impediments, talent management and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell,  Dr. Wes Naylor, a retired US Navy captain who is now the CEO of Helicon, who is developing drop-in-ready, upgraded propellant binder that will improve the performance of missiles, rockets, aerospace propulsion systems and munitions for government and commercial customers.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses Russia’s stalemated war on Ukraine and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.