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DEFAERO Strategy Series [Feb 11, 26] Dr. Eugene Rumer on Latest Russia-Ukraine Headlines

On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Eugene Rumer, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the Russia’s war on Ukraine as the conflict approaches its fourth anniversary; outlook for peace as Washington’s presses Kiev to hold elections by May 15 or risk losing US support; US efforts to strike $12 trillion in economic deals with Russia and whether that will prompt Moscow to align with Washington against Beijing; the impact of the US trade deal with India that requires New Delhi to end Russian oil purchases on Moscow’s finances; potential successors to Zelenskyy should elections happen in May as planned; and Ukrainian membership in the EU.

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DEFAERO Strategy Series [Feb 10, 26] Steve Grundman on Acquisition Reform and Recent Headlines

On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Steve Grundman, a former Pentagon industrial base chief now with the Atlantic Council and the Grundman Advisory consultancy, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the Pentagon’s acquisition reform efforts, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s upcoming list of contractors deemed to be performing poorly; the Trump administration’s investment stakes in key suppliers; new strategic minerals stockpile; agreements with Lockheed Martin and RTX to bolster missile production; President Trump’s call to drop the long-standing US requirement that nations that buy American weapons check with Washington before transferring them to a third party; and outlook for global defense and aerospace supply chains as nations scramble to bolster their domestic weapons development and production capabilities.

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The Downlink [Feb 08, 25] Space Money: The Space Force Budget And A New Leader

Finally, the U.S. Congress passed and U.S. President Donald Trump signed off on the U.S. Space Force’s $26 billion 2026 budget. And, the Space Force Association has a new CEO. Laura Winter speaks with U-S Air Force Brigadier General (Ret.) Damon Feltman, CEO, Space Force Association (SFA), who was the Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis; and with Steve Jordan Tomaszewski, Vice President of Space Systems at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Feb 08 ’26 Business Report]

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy join host Vago Muradian to discuss an rocky week on Wall Street; the Trump administration’s $12 billion “Project Vault” effort to create a strategic minerals stockpile to reduce dependence on China; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s list of poorly performing defense contractors; the administration charters Erebor Bank with $635 million in capital to support defense and tech startups; RTX agrees to the Pentagon’s seven-year deal to invest its own money to boost increase Tomahawk cruise missile output from 60 per year today to 1,000 a year, triple the SM-6 air defense and strike missile production to 500 weapons, and AMRAAM air-to-air missile rates from 1200 to 1900 annually; Russia’s efforts to shadow European satellites; takeaways from the Singapore airshow including Airbus and the Singapore Air Force receive the first automatic air-to-air refueling certification for the A330 Multirole Tanker Transport aircraft, Singapore to buy four P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, Indonesia buys M346 trainers but it’s fighter modernization is uncertain, and Uzbekistan orders Embraer’s KC-390; Boeing consolidates 787 jetliner work in South Carolina, moving 300 jobs from Washington the the palmetto state; and Democratic lawmakers want an investigation into SpaceX’s links with China.

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CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Feb 06, ’26] Ep: 229 HII’s Eric Chewning on Focus Areas and Partnerships for the Future Fleet

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…we are joined by HII’s EVP for Maritime Systems and Corporate Strategy, Eric Chewning, where we discuss the integration of crewed and uncrewed systems, as well as the type of technology and partnership[s needed to build the future fleet. 

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Feb 06, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss outlook for continues Department of Homeland Security funding after lawmakers end another partial government shutdown; efforts to secure another big reconciliation measure for defense; President Trump’s threat to sue his own Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh if he doesn’t cut interest rates after replacing current Chairman Jay Powell in May; implications of Texas elections that saw Democrats perform well in districts that Trump won by double digit margins; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “naughty” contractors list; analysis of the administration’s new National Defense Strategy; Washington’s discordant approach to Europe where US officials promise financial support for right-wing think tanks as “resistance” to centrist governments while also pledging partnership on strategic minerals; the Pentagon resumes military cooperation with Russia as Trump seeks a new nuclear deal with Moscow and Beijing as Vladimir Putin demands Britain and France be added to talks; a second inconclusive round of talks US-Russia-Ukraine talks; what we know about the administration’s new trade deal with India; Trump changes course and backs Britain’s decision on transferring ownership of the Chagos Islands that’s home to the strategically important base at Diego Garcia to Mauritius in exchange for a 99-year lease; the administration’s drive to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran; and the latest on Israel’s operations in Gaza and the West Bank.

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DEFAERO Strategy Series [Feb 03, 26] Mark Montgomery on Trump Administration’s National Defense Strategy

On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral who is now the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy and whether it addresses the challenges the United States faces specifically the threats posed by China and Russia, how it will be perceived by friends and foes, whether it justifies $1.5 trillion in spending, Golden Dome, cyber security, and industrial strategy.

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