On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, US Army, director of of the US Army’s cross-functional long-range precision fires team, on COVID-19 impacts, the future of long-range weapons and hypersonic weapons, developing systems with joint and industry partners, as well as staying ahead of US adversaries.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest are Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners and in segment two, Patrick Cronin, PhD, the chair for Asia-Pacific Security at the Hudson Institute and film producer and Hong Kong democracy activist Andrew Duncan. Callan discusses today’s Pentagon press briefing by the DoD’s acquisition chief Ellen Lord, who said she expects to see delays in major defense programs due to COVID-19 disruptions. Cronin and Duncan discuss China’s recent assertive actions across Asia and how Washington and its allies should respond.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Rear Adm. Casey J. Moton, PEO, Unmanned and Small Combatants on COVID-19 lessons, LCS progress and unmanned and small combatant projects currently in work.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Lt. Col. Dakota Wood, USMC Ret., senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation on the new Marine Corps Force Design 2030 and Bryan Clark, now of the Hudson Institute, on the recently released Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments report “Mosaic Warfare: Exploiting Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems to Implement Decision-Centric Operations.”
Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood, US Army, the US Army’s director of hypersonics, directed energy, space and rapid acquisition, discusses how his team is operating remotely despite the coronavirus pandemic, developing a new generation of hypersonic weapons, Chinese and Russian capabilities and the keys to rapid acquisition success with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest are Harrison Schram and Peter Kouretsos of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, two of the authors of “COVID-19 Analysis and Policy Implications”– a look at both the immediate and long-term policy implications of the virus, with a focus on how it will impact today’s U.S. Department of Defense as well as future American military capabilities.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Salvatore Mercogliano, a maritime history professor at Campbell University and our very own Christopher P. Cavas to discuss the effect of Covid-19 on maritime logistics and security–worldwide shipping, cruise lines, ports and port services, as well as keeping U.S. Navy ships supplied at sea.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Vice Adm. Rick Hunt, USN Ret., president of Fincantieri Marinette Marine on COVID-19 impacts to operations and supplier base; the on-going process to select the Navy’s future frigate (FFG(x)), and as the current President of the Surface Navy Association, what professional organizations can do to stay connected to their members. Our naval coverage is sponsored by Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we speak with Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, on the recent resignation of former Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, COVID-19 effects on military readiness, early looks at coronavirus lessons learned and what effects the pandemic will have on future defense budgets and posture.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest Sean O’Keefe, the 69th Navy secretary and former NASA administrator who is now the Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management & Leadership at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, discusses the resignation yesterday of Tom Modly as acting Navy secretary in the wake of his remarks after firing Capt. Brett Crozier as commanding officer of USS Theodore Roosevelt. Modly lost confidence in Crozier’s leadership after a letter from the carrier commander urging Navy leaders to evacuate his sailors from their ship after a coronavirus outbreak was made public. Modly resigned after speaking with Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday morning. Our naval coverage is sponsored by Fincantieri Marinette Marine.