CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Jul 01, ’22] Episode 55…Planning for the Navy’s Future
Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking…
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Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jul 01, ’22]
On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security, Heather A. Conley, president of the German Marshall Fund and Chris Servello, a founder of Provision Advisors public relations firm (and Defense and Aerospace team member).
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jun 30, 2022] Former Navy and SOCOM Acquisition Chief Hondo Guerts
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Hondo Geurts, a former US Air Force colonel who served as both Special Operations Forces acquisition chief as well as the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, discusses the article he co-wrote with Gen. Joe Votel, USA Ret., the president at Business Executives for National Security — “Forging the Industrial Network the Nation Needs” that ran on The National Interest website — why DoD needs a guiding vision for its industrial base and why a networked approach is critical, how to drive change, overcoming bureaucratic and cultural barriers, lessons learned from failed major programs like Littoral Combat Ship and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Cyber Report [Jun 29, 22] Cyber Congressional Update w/ Mark Montgomery & Mitchell’s Penney on the Need Unity of Effort
On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, USN Ret., the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies who is also a senior adviser on the bipartisan Cyberspace Solarium Commission, discusses cyber-related appropriations as well as House and Senate budget markups with a roundup of key service-specific moves; and Heather Penney, a senior resident fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, discusses why it’s so important to get operators and technical personal on the same page when it comes to cyber and artificial intelligence with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Northrop Grumman also support our cyber coverage overall.
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jun 28, 2022] Anduril Industries’ Trae’ Stephens
On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, Trae Stephens, the co-founder and executive chairman of Anduril Industries who is also a partner at the Founders Fund, discusses what’s different about Anduril, lessons from new entrants into the Pentagon market, how the defense acquisition model has to change to favor rapid-cycle innovation, the keys to moving faster, and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jun 27, 2022] Byron Callan’s Week Ahead
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of…
The DownLink [Jun 26, ’22] Why You Should Care That There’s No “Plan B” For Space-Based PNT-Part 2
This week’s episode is a part two of two on PNT – positioning, navigation, and timing. This is about the business opportunity of providing time as a service to critical infrastructure sectors. PNT comes from the space-based Global Positioning System, or GPS. Anything from precision farming and guided missiles, and the operational synchronization of critical infrastructures like dams and refineries depend on it. Thing is, if something goes wrong, there’s no publicly funded “plan B”. Laura Winter speaks with Richard Hoptroff a serial entrepreneur and inventor, who is Co-Founder and Chief Time Officer at Hoptroff, a company that provides Traceable Time as a Service (TTaaS®).
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jun 26, ’22 Business Report]
On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest in segment one is Kevin Craven, CEO of ADS Group; in segment two our roundtable with “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Jun 25, ’22] Episode 54…Rep. Gallagher on the Navy’s Peacetime Mission
Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…it was a key week for the 2023 defense budget as several Capitol Hill committees moved their versions forward through the Congressional budget process. And while ships, aircraft and of course money get the most attention, a number of policy adjustments also are in those bills. We’ll talk with one key congressman, Mike Gallagher, about a provision he authored that could affect the peacetime role of the U.S. Navy.
Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email chriscavas@gmail.com or cservello@defaeroreport.com.
Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jun 24, ’22]
On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security and Michael Herson of American Defense International.