On today’s Land Warfare Series program, sponsored American Rheinmetall, Dan Roper, a retired US Army colonel who is now the director of national security studies at the Association of the United States Army’s Land Warfare Institute, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the expected messages that Army leaders will delivery at the association’s annual meeting and tradeshow next week in Washington, DC; the programs the force will need to execute operations worldwide; learning the right lessons from the Ukraine war as well as from the Cold War, Afghanistan and Iraq; keys countering thoughtful and agile adversaries; novel approaches to fighting in highly contested battlefields; why size matters for military forces in an era when conflict could both erupt quickly and escalate rapidly; and why precision and good leadership are vital. Our coverage of AUSA is sponsored by Lockheed Martin.

On today’s Land Warfare Series program, sponsored American Rheinmetall, Maj. Gen. Tom Feltey, the commander of the US Army’s 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss Ukraine war lessons that are helping shape the future of ground combat and his force; how to fight on an increasingly transparent and highly contested battlefield; the transition from a brigade- to a division-centric force; capabilities needed to fight in Europe, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific; the importance of modernized version of existing platforms like the M1 tank to a new generation of capabilities like the MV-75 tilt rotor and MX30 combat vehicle; role of small, medium and large unmanned vehicles in the air and on the ground; the importance of better coordinating firepower of greater precision, mass and layered range; and the logistical approach needed to sustain US and allied forces under fire.

On today’s Land Warfare Series program, sponsored American Rheinmetall, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and Dr. Eugene Rumer, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the latest on the Ukraine war, how both sides are advancing drone technology, tactics Russia is using to claw back territory despite high casualties, prospects for peace as President Trump gives both sides 25 days to make a deal, whether US will sanction Russia and whether sanctions will drive a change in Moscow’s strategy, growing US interest in adopting Ukrainian drones shaped by wartime experience, role of autonomy and swarming technologies on the battlefield, the wider international and domestic implications of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s unpopular effort to shift now-independent anti-corruption authorities to his control, how NATO can deter a country that has absorbed 1 million casualties and keep fighting, how high casualties are shaping the political dynamic in Moscow, threat of new secondary sanctions on India for trading with Russia, and Ukrainian public sentiment on continuing the war.

On this Land Warfare episode, sponsored by American Rheinmetall, Dr.
John Nagl, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who is now a professor of Warfighting Studies in the Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations at the Army War College, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to analyze the US Army’s lessons learned from the Ukraine war and the service’s new Army Transformation Initiative, an update on efforts to better prepare the force for war in the Indo-Pacific and Cold War lessons worth relearning, attributes that should shape the Army’s next tank and ground vehicles, and more.

On today’s Land Warfare Series program, sponsored American Rheinmetall, Dan Driscoll, the 26th secretary of the United States Army and Gen Randy George, the service’s 41st chief of staff, join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss how the Army is redirecting 8 percent of its budget each year for the coming five years to new priorities, how many more cuts in existing programs will be needed to achieve Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s goals, the need for greater efficiency and to stop buying systems that are no longer needed, learning the right lessons from the Ukraine war, understanding the nature of possible conflict in the Indo-Pacific, how to speed acquisition of key systems like the MV-75 tiltrotor as well as land and weapon systems, role of heritage and new defense economy firms in more quickly addressing Army needs, why shrinking the force is a bad idea, the impact of staffing the Golden Dome air and missile defense network, and more.

On this Land Warfare episode, sponsored by American Rheinmetall, Dr Harlan Ullman, a retired US Navy captain, strategist and chairman of the Killowen Group consultancy, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the commentary he cowrote with General the Lord David Richards, Britain’s former chief of defense staff — “Porcupine for Putin: How Europe Can Defend Itself Against Russia” that appeared in The Telegraph — why a porcupine strategy; the four chokepoints that need to be defended to thwart a Russian invasion; Europe’s window of action before Russia rearms; the capabilities needed to deter Moscow; drawing lessons from Ukraine; prioritizing unmanned capabilities that can be developed quickly and fielded in volume; the long-range strike weaponry; the importance of abundant war stocks; and the the role of British and French heavy units as a reserve force.

On this Land Warfare episode, sponsored by American Rheinmetall, military strategist and land warfare advisor William F Owen — better known as Wilf Owen — joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss his new book “Euclid’s Army: Preparing Land Forces for Warfare Today;” lessons from the Ukraine war; how to improve the lessons learned process to glean the right insights from conflicts; debunking the notion of “complexity;” putting the threat from drones in context and a case for the continued importance of tanks; and lessons from Israel’s wars on Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Houthis in Yemen.

On this Land Warfare episode, sponsored by American Rheinmetall, Young Bang, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics & technology, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the digital transformation of the force, areas for improvement as the second Trump administrations prepares to take office, delivering capabilities at the speed of relevance, lessons from the other military services to help the Army step up its digital game, addressing criticism of the software modernization memorandum issued earlier this year, concerns the service if more focused on process before it sets requirements for major systems, bringing together small start ups as well as heritage contractors to develop capabilities, and harnessing AI and preparing for a quantum computing future.