On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Lt. Gen. Vincent Cousin, the director of operations for the French Air Force, discusses the rapid deployment of Rafale fighters, A400M transports and A330 tankers and 150 airmen to French Polynesia, training with US Air Force units in the United States, exercises with Rafales and Pacific Air Forces F-22s in Hawaii, takeaways from the recent USAF-French Air Force-Royal Air Force interoperability exercises and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Heather Conley, the senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic and the director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses key takeaways from the 10th annual EU Defence Washington Forum hosted by the European Union Delegation to the United States and CSIS, improving EU-US security, forging consensus on countering Russia and China, addressing hybrid threats especially in the electromagnetic spectrum engineered to counter US and allied warfighting advantages with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast,  Byron Callan of the independent Washington…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Dr. Tom Karako, the director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Col. Mark “Gonzo” Gunzinger, USAF Ret., the director of future concepts and capability assessments at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, discuss the report Gunzinger co-authored with Mitchell’s Lukas Autenried — “Building a Force That Wins: Recommendations for the 2022 National Defense Strategy” — long-range precision strike capabilities DoD should develop, Air Force and Army long-range strike roles and missions in Asia and Europe, defending the force against Chinese and Russian precision strike capabilities and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Bryan Clark, the director of the Center for Defence Concepts and Technology at the Hudson Institute think tank, discusses the third in a series of three reports on mosaic warfare sponsored by DARPA and coauthored with his colleagues Dan Patt and Tim Walton — “Advancing Decision-Centric Warfare: Gaining Advantage Through Force Design and Mission Integration” — how the Biden administration’s Pacific Defense Initiative illustrates the problem of poor integrated planning, how a mosaic warfare approach can help DoD make hard choices, what to prioritize and what to cut, better preparing for how adversaries are going to fight as opposed to hope DoD hopes they will, lessons from the recent episode involving HMS Defender in the Black Sea, and the shipyard capabilities the US Navy needs with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Adm. Bill Moran, USN Ret., the…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Sam Bendett and Jeff Edmonds of the Center for Naval Analyses Russia program — both also affiliated with the Center for a New American Security — discuss CNA’s new report, “Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy in Russia” that was sponsored by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Defense & Aerospace, Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, USAF, the program executive officer of the F-35 Lightning II fighter, discusses why the ambitious multinational stealthy strike jet effort is vital, is delivering game-changing capability today as it prepares for tomorrow’s threats, getting steadily cheaper to buy and operate while blazing the trail for new aircraft, command systems and synthetic training environments in an exclusive interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Raanan Horowitz, the president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, discusses lessons from the covid pandemic, how those lessons will shape how his company operates, the defense budget outlook and thoughts for the new administration, growth opportunities and Elbit’s acquisition of Sparton with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.