On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Mark Montgomery of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies discusses Chinese malware implanted across US military and national infrastructure that could hamper an American response to a crisis precipitated by China in the Indo-Pacific, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Ukraine’s battlefield gains and Russia’s latest nuclear saber rattling, and Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners discusses key takeaways from last week’s earnings reports, the Jamestown Foundation’s tactical nuclear conversation with former US Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, USA Ret., and the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Bruce Klingner of the Heritage Foundation discusses North Korea under Kim Jong-Un’s leadership as well as new capabilities being developed to strike the United States, how to both deter and engage Pyongyang, opportunities in the defection of US Army Pvt. Travis King, whether it’s time for a new strategy that regards China-Russia-North Korea-Iran as a concerted threat or continue a siloed strategic approach, whether South Korea will support Washington and its allies in the event of a crisis with China, and the prospects Seoul and Tokyo will go nuclear in the wake of Pyongyang’s growing capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Vladimir Putin’s drive to show he’s in control by arresting right-wing commentary Igor Girkin, update on Wagner Group’s training of Belarusian troops, Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s claim that Ukraine has regained 50 percent of its territory, how Ukraine can get its grain to international markets through its own territorial waters and those of its neighbors, and the latest in unmanned warfare; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the Senate’s approach to the National Defense Authorization Act, increasing US weapons production to address Ukrainian and global demand, a look at Lockheed Martin earnings and what to expect from other defense and aerospace firms about to report second quarter results, 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, the executive director of the Baroni Center for Government Contracting in the School of Business at George Mason University, discusses the new report he co-authored with Mike Roche — A “Build Allied” Approach to Increase Industrial Base Capacity — lessons from the Ukraine war, balancing sovereign national needs against the need for free trade, how to bring together allies and partners worldwide to rapidly field capability and increase capacity, incentives to encourage more cooperation, investing in national capabilities, and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine — and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the latest defense and aerospace headlines and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the three-hour meeting Vladimir Putin held with Wagner CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders as well as top officials five days after the aborted mutiny spearheaded by the mercenary leader, status report on the Ukraine War and US decision to supply Kyiv with the cluster munitions it sought, and update on unmanned systems on the battlefield; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the defense industrial implications of NATO’s Vilnius Summit, the need for an alliance munitions strategy to leverage broad industrial capabilities to accelerate production, putting the clusters munitions debate in the right context given Ukraine called for the weapons as Russia has used them indiscriminately against civilians, and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses whether Vladimir Putin has been weakened by the recent mutiny, the method to his Dagestan visit, more money for the Army and National Guard, where’s Yevgeny Prigozhin and what’s next for his Wagner Group and other “professional military companies,” and an update on the Ukraine War; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses China’s decision to cut gallium and germanium rare earth exports to the United States in response to US moves to curtail Chinese access to semiconductor making equipment and technology, impact of the move, whether the upcoming mission to Beijing by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin will improve Sino-American relations, the complexities of an increasingly nuclear-armed world, RUSI’s Ukraine War lessons and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, Dr. Brian Taylor, a professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as well as the director of Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs — and author of, “The Code of Putinism” — discusses whether the brief and aborted mutiny by Wagner CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin will undermine Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 23-year grip on power, whether Prigozhin’s scathing criticism and Putin’s clemency of the Wagner boss and his fighters will come back to haunt Putin by potentially empowering other senior figures to mount a future challenge, elites’ faith in the longtime leader, how the episode will shape Putin’s approach to the Ukraine war and whether he will be more inclined to using nuclear weapons, and how the Russian public and Chinese leaders will view Putin after the mutiny with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the questions in the wake of Wagner Group mercenary and convict force boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted drive toward Moscow, the outlook for Vladimir Putin’s longevity given security services failed to move to stop the mercenary force until Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ended the crisis by offering Prigozhin as well as his troops and their equipment asylum in Belarus, and an update on Ukraine’s counteroffensive; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the defense investment implications of the Prigozhin affair, a look at House and Senate markups of the Biden administration’s defense budget request, takeaways from the Paris Air Show, and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.