On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Col. Mark Cancian, USMCR Ret., a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Dr. Jim Hasik of George Mason University who is with the Atlantic Council think tank discuss takeaways from Hasik’s “The Security of Defense Trade with Allies: Enhancing Contact, Contracts, and Control in Supply Chains,” balancing Buy American strictures and partnering with allies and partners on technology, covid lessons for supply chains and military mobilization, what modern military mobilization looks like, and the industrial implications of changing the Pentagon’s approach to warfighting with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Maj. Gen. Jeff Schloesser, US Army Ret., the former commander of the 101st Airborne Division and Combined Joint Task Force-101 in Afghanistan who is now the executive vice president for strategic pursuits at Bell, discusses his book “Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan,” the Biden administration’s decision to withdraw US combat forces from the country, lessons learned from the two decade conflict, how to prepare more strategically minded leaders and how to continue to fight the war on global terror despite a growing focus on countering great powers like China and Russia 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 Lockheed Martin’s earnings, the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup, and US-China-Taiwan relations; Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for a New American Security discusses Russia’s new Checkmate stealthy export fighter and unmanned news from the MAKS airshow outside Moscow; and Dr. Mark Lewis, the director of the Emerging Technologies Institute at the National Défense Industrial Association discusses takeaways from the address by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Institute’s launch event with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest, Dr. Tom Mahnken, the CEO of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses the report he co-authored — “Implementing Deterrence by Detection — Innovative Capabilities, Processes, and Organizations for Situational Awareness in the Indo-Pacific Region” — how to establish a theater-wide detection and warning network for peace and war, what capabilities that JADC2 has to deliver and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses what to watch and take note of over the coming week in DC and across the national and international security landscape.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, USN Ret.,…

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.