On this special episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, sponsored by Bell, we come to you from the Center for a New American Security’s June 22 “Strategic Competition: Maintaining the Edge” conference. Here’s a podcasted version of the event’s first panel — a conversation between Senate Armed Services Committee members Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and moderated by CNAS President Richard Fontaine, on how the US can stay ahead in an era of great-power competition, the future of US involvement in Afghanistan, improving military recruitment and more.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the US Senate’s passage of a defense bill that’d bring back the US ban on Chinese company ZTE’s purchase of American parts, takeaways from last week’s 2018 Eurosatory land warfare trade show in Paris, the week in defense and aerospace markets, and more. This week’s guests include Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council think tank and Grundman Advisory, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

On this special episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the consent decree regarding the recently approved merger of Northrop Grumman and Orbital ATK. Our guests include Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council think tank.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the defense and foreign policy implications of President Donald Trump’s remarks at last week’s G-7 meeting (including his condemnation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau), preview his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore and much more. This week’s guests include Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Evelyn Farkas, PhD, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Obama administration who is now with the Atlantic Council, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the national security implications of President Donald Trump’s new aluminum and steel tariffs, a weaker transatlantic alliance, the Italian Navy’s Fincantieri-built ITS Alpino anti-submarine warfare frigate that visited multiple US cities last week, Capitol Hill defense-budget deliberations, and the week in defense and aerospace markets. This week’s guests include Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Christopher Cavas, naval analyst and commentator with Round Tower Productions, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, former Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale, PhD, (who now advises Booz Allen Hamilton — his thoughts are his own), Sash Tusa of Agency Partners, and former Pentagon comptroller Dov Zakheim (who is now on the board of the Atlantic Council think tank). Fincantieri sponsored our coverage of the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space conference and trade show.

On the newest episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, a Textron company, we discuss congressional defense-spending deliberations, the Italian political crisis, the tragic loss of Serge Dassault, the former owner, chairman and CEO of the Dassault Group, the past week in the defense and aerospace markets, and more.  This week’s guests include Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Evelyn Farkas, PhD, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Obama administration who is now with the Atlantic Council, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

Welcome to the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies. On our first episode, Chris Kubasik, chairman, CEO and president of L3 Technologies, discusses his goals for the company (including making it “a nontraditional 6th prime” US government contractor), defense-spending expectations, growth strategy, reorganization and integration efforts, competing with bigger firms, increasing contract win rates, merger and acquisition strategy, and much more during a wide-ranging, May 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the company’s headquarters in northern Virginia.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss US-China trade relations, Iran, Russia, North Korea, the week in defense markets and more. This week’s guests include lan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council, Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Evelyn Farkas, PhD, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Obama administration who is now with the Atlantic Council, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the May 14, 2018, opening of a US Embassy in Jerusalem and resulting unrest in Gaza, and much more. This week’s guests include Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council, Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Evelyn Farkas, PhD, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Obama administration who is now with the Atlantic Council.