On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Ryan Ehinger, Bell’s vice president for advanced vertical lift systems and the program director for the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the US Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft competition, and retired US Army Col. Chris Gehler, the vice president and program director of the company’s 360 Invictus aircraft that’s vying for the service’s Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft, discuss their programs, driving innovation, cutting sustainment costs and the outlook for Army Aviation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Bell, Beretta USA and Leonardo DRS sponsored our coverage of the Association of the United States Army’s virtual annual meeting — AUSA Now. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Gen. Jim McConville, US Army, the 40th chief of staff of the US Army, discusses lessons from the covid pandemic, transforming the force, harnessing innovation, making budget tradeoffs, talent management and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Association of the United States Army’s virtual annual meeting. Our AUSA Now coverage is sponsored by Bell, Beretta USA and Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr Franco Gussalli Beretta, the president and CEO of Fabrica d’Armi Pietro Beretta — the heart of the family-owned company that is the world’s oldest arms maker, dating to 1526 with a contract for 185 arquebus barrels for the Doge of Venice — discusses the firm’s heritage, technology investment priorities, strategic decision process and partnership with General Dynamics to win the US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon contract with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in an AUSA Now exclusive. Beretta USA sponsors our land warfare coverage and is also sponsoring our coverage of the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting, AUSA Now, as are Bell and Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Bill Lynn, former deputy US defense secretary who is now president and CEO of Leonardo DRS, discusses operating in the time of COVID, company priorities, the current budget environment and great power competition.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Amb. Eric Edelman, a former US ambassador to Turkey who is now a counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Amb. John Evans, a former US ambassador to Armenia, and Eugene Rumer, the director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discuss the combined Turkish-Azerbaijani assault on the Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Maj. Gen. Bill Cooley, USAF, the special assistant to the commander of the US Air Force Materiel Command, discusses service and industry efforts to go digital–better utilizing data to make decisions and assess current processes. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest Byron…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest in segment one, Shawn Warren, vice president for large combat and mobility engines at GE Aviation, discusses COVID-19 mitigation and the offerings submitted by the company for the US Air Force’s competition to re-engine the B-52 Stratofortress bomber, expected to be awarded in the Spring of ’21. In segment two, Chris Servello, Ward Carroll and John Schofield of Sing Second Sports, a weekly podcast about Naval Academy Athletics, discuss service academy football and preview the upcoming game between Navy and Air Force.