On this week’s episode, we discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey, the FY18 federal budget outlook, the House Science Committee’s draft commercial-space legislation, the president’s interest in defense systems, the massive cyberattack that hit over 100 countries last week, what comes next after the French election, the state of the global aerospace market and more. The Defense & Aerospace Business Report is sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company.

In this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, we discuss the French elections, the outlook for US defense spending in the wake of Congress’ passage of an omnibus spending bill and more.

In this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, we discuss the bipartisan deal the US Congress struck to keep the government funded and its implications for defense, President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, Vice President Mike Pence’s remarks about rebuilding the US military and more. The Defense & Aerospace Business Report is sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company.

The Defense & Aerospace Business Report is sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company.

This week’s guests include:

• Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners
• Nick Cunningham of Agency Partners in London
• Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch
– Steve Grundman of the Atlantic Council
• Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, we discuss the April 6 Tomahawk missile strikes on a Syrian airfield and their potential repercussions for the US defense budget and international defense market, the Navy League of the United States’ 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, the terrorist attack in Stockholm, Sweden, and more. The Defense & Aerospace Business Report is sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company.

In this week’s podcast, we discuss the Trump administration’s proposed “skinny budget” and budget supplemental, the potential for a government shutdown, the 2015 external study commissioned by the Defense Business Board that revealed $125 billion in Defense-Department waste, strategies for increasing DoD efficiency, GCHQ’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s wiretap allegations, Angela Merkel’s Washington meeting, the aftermath of the Dutch elections, and more.