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.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Jerry McGinn,…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Leigh Madden, the CEO of Epirus, an innovative power management company founded in 2018 — named for the magical bow with infinite arrows wielded by the Greek hero Theseus — to develop high-power microwave systems to counter drones and cruise missiles, discusses the firm’s innovative approach, the growing threat, lessons from the Russia’s war on Ukraine, growing a small business in the Pentagon’s defense innovation ecosystem, competing against established primes and the difference between leading a new small firm and the national security arm of industry titan Microsoft with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell,  Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses takeaways from this year’s Primer 2.2,  Russia’s war on Ukraine and a look at the week ahead and Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Russia’s Army 2022 conference and tradeshow as well as the latest from the Russo-Ukraine conflict. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Jerry Hendrix, PhD, President of Hendrix and Associates LLC and Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute on his recent National Review article “The Navy’s Littoral Hubris,” how the service bet its future on a mistaken assumption. During our conversation we discussed the troubled Littoral Combat Ship program, Navy force structure and why culture may be the root cause of many of the Navy’s recent operational and programatic stumbles. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell,  Sam Bendett of…