On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the week on world markets with “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy. Specific topics include the effects of Chinese tariffs and recent aviation industry news on market performance and investor confidence.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss tensions between Washington, Brussels and Ankara, the US-Europe rift over Iran sanctions, the diplomatic spat between Saudi Arabia and Canada, the week in world markets and more. Our guests include Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council, 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), Teri Schultz, a Brussels-based freelance reporter for National Public Radio and Deutsche Welle, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the Trump administration’s new sanctions on Iran, US-North Korea tensions, rising interest rates, the week in global defense and aerospace markets, and more. Our guests include 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 Grundman Advisory and 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 President Donald Trump’s meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the administration’s Iran policy, Washington’s new tensions with Turkey, 2019 defense budget deliberations, the week in world markets and more. Our 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, former Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale, PhD (who now advises Booz Allen Hamilton — his thoughts are his own), Teri Schultz, a Brussels-based freelance reporter for National Public Radio and Deutsche Welle, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2019 National Defense Authorization Act deliberations on Capitol Hill, the outlook for US-UK fighter jet cooperation and more. Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners,Teri Schultz, a freelance journalist who covers the European Union and NATO for Deutsche Welle and National Public Radio, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, sponsored by Bell, we discuss highlights from the Farnborough International Airshow (including the UK’s unveiling of the Tempest fighter), the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s meeting and press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, and more. Our guests include Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a freelance journalist who covers the European Union and NATO for Deutsche Welle and National Public Radio, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Katherine Bennett, senior vice president of Airbus UK, discusses the challenge of carrying out Brexit while safeguarding international trade, the potential impact of “a hard Brexit” on the company’s business, its A220 jet deal with Bombardier, UK defense-spending projections, European market opportunities, defense-industrial strategy and more in a wide-ranging, July 13, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT 2018 coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Philip Dunne, Tory MP, the UK’s former defense-procurement minister and the author of the “Growing the Contribution of Defence to UK Prosperity” report, discusses the publication’s findings on how the arms industry contributes to the British economy, what the country’s defense-industrial strategy needs to look like, why the US-UK defense relationship matters, NATO and much more during a wide-ranging, July 13, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Greg Ulmer, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program, says he expects a Lot 11 agreement with the US government within about 30 days, and discusses the company’s June 6 delivery of the first four F-35 Lightning II fighters to the UK, program updates, modernization, sustainment, software stability, the Autonomic Logistics Information System (or ALIS), aircraft availability, and turnaround rates, projected unit pricing, potential new markets for the jet — including Finland and Canada — and much more during a wide-ranging, July 14, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper, RAF Ret., former director-general of NATO’s International Military Staff and current vice president of Charitable Trust Enterprises, says NATO’s invocation of the Article 5 commitment shouldn’t depend on a threatened nation’s defense-spending level and discusses how Baltic air defenses can be improved on both a local and alliance level to deter Russia, what went right and wrong at the 2018 NATO Summit in Brussels, and much more in a wide-ranging, July 14, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.