On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell Cmde. Sujeet Samaddar, Indian Navy Ret., the former chief of Indian Navy plans who is now with the Society of Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Studies, discusses China’s growing naval and maritime power, how to think about the Chinese threat, need for forward repair facilities across the theater, improving interoperability, the Quad — India, US, Japan and Australia — and SAMDeS’ upcoming conference with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest in segment one is Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses what to watch and take note of over the coming week in DC and across the national and international security landscape. In segment two John Tirpak of Air Force Magazine discusses key takeaways from the Air Force Association virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Bill Greenwalt of the American Enterprise Institute discusses the new report he co-authored with the Hudson Institute’s Dan Patt, “Competing in Time: Ensuring Capability Advantage and Mission Success through Adaptable Resource Allocation” on how to accelerate the acquisition process, and Jim Litinsky, the founder, chairman and CEO of MP Materials, the sole US rare earths maker, discusses President Biden’s executive order to safeguard critical US capabilities and building an American permanent magnet ecosystem.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, George Rumford, the principal deputy director of DoD’s Test Resource Management Center, discusses modernizing the nation’s test and evaluation enterprise vital to a new generation of weaponry, and Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council discusses Iran’s move to block nuclear inspectors from visiting undeclared sites with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest in segment one is Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses what to watch and take note of over the coming week in DC and across the national and international security landscape. In segment two we talk to Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula, USAF Ret., the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies about recent remarks from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown on the need for new “5th generation minus” fighter, as well as a preview of the upcoming Air Force Association virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.