CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Jun 09, ’23] Ep: 98 Why Aren’t We Better at Naval History?
Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking…
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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 08, 23] Ep21: Convo w/ CSIS’ Dr. Ted Harshberger
On The Air Power Podcast, sponsored by GE Aerospace, Vago flies solo as JJ has…
Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [Jun 07, 23] Kodiak Robotics’ Burnette & Applied AI Company’s Cofrancesco
On this week’s Technology Report, Don Burnette, the co-founder and CEO of Kodiak Robotics, discusses the Silicon Valley company’s innovative autonomous technologies that can transform existing commercial and military vehicles into uncrewed ones; and John Cofrancesco, founder and CEO of the Applied AI Company, discusses the right approach to regulating artificial intelligence, why many large companies want legislation to ensure a level competitive playing field, and analyses the public elements of Pentagon’s new classified cyber strategy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
DEFAERO Strategy Series [Jun 06, ’23] w/ Dr. Brian Taylor
On this latest episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Brian Taylor, a professor in the Political Science Department at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citzenship and Public Affairs who is an expert on Russia, Vladimir Putin and Russian elites and politics and the author of “The Code of Putinism,” discusses the impact of international sanctions on Russia now and over time, whether the sanctions will fracture Russian elites and separate them from Vladimir Putin, determining the actual level of public support for the Russian leader, Putin’s track record of doing what he’s said he’ll do, how to determine his actual red lines, whether it’s time for a strategy that deals with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as a coalition rather than individual threats, and examples of good a
nd bad strategy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jun 05, 23] Sam Bendett on Russia-Ukraine & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead
On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine — and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the deal to raise America’s borrowing limit and its implications on defense spending and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
The Downlink [Jun 03, 23] The U.S.-China Moon Race Heats Up
This week China announced that it intends to put taikonauts on the moon no later than 2030, the U.S. Department of State released a new diplomatic strategy for space, and Spain signed the U.S.-led Artemis Accords. To unwrap this week’s events and provide a primer for what is at stake some 385,000 kilometers away on the lunar surface, Laura Winter speaks with Namrata Goswami, an independent scholar on space policy and great power politics and co-author of the book “Scramble for the Skies”; and from the Aerospace Corporation Senior Vice President of the Civil Systems Group Jim Myers, and Tech Fellow Sam Visner, who is also the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jun 04, ’23 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 Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss Wall Street’s reaction to the debt deal that cut government spending and capped the Pentagon’s budget, whether there are work arounds that will boost resources for the Pentagon, economic outlook and how the Federal Reserve will respond to more positive jobs numbers, analysis of comments by Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun on how the trussed-wing transsonic technology demonstrator the company is developing for NASA could shape future single-aisle jetliners, Cathay Pacific’s interest in freighter version of the 777X, expectations that IndiGo will place 500-plane order with Airbus, and whether Ukraine will be able to get the 50 Patriot batteries it says it needs to help it achieve air superiority as it prepares to launch its offensive.
CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Jun 02, ’23] Ep: 97 Layoffs at BAE San Diego
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…while the US Navy and its commercial ship yards work together the service puts most of its repair jobs up for bid, and with competition comes risk. Now one of the largest ship repair yards on the West Coast is laying off nearly 300 employees due to a shortage of work. We’ll talk with Paul Smith, head of BAE Systems’ ship repair business, about his yards in San Diego, Norfolk and Jacksonville and the challenges of doing business with the U.S. Navy.
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Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Jun 02, ’23]
On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend now with the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join host Vago Muradian to discuss the outlook for defense spending in the wake of the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, pAlabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold on military promotions, how NATO has to respond to Balkan unrest, Turkey’s election and Sweden’s alliance membership, Ireland and defending undersea cables, Washington’s New START strictures, what to expect from this weekend’s Shangri-La Dialogue as Beijing rejects a meeting of US-Chinese defense leaders and buzzes a US spy plane, Lloyd Austin’s visit to Tokyo, closer US-Japanese-South Korean cooperation, North Korea’s failed satellite launch, and what “strategically witless” leaks from the administration tell the world.
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 01, 23] Ep20: Convo w/ Gen Mark “Grace” Kelly
This we week we are honored to welcome Gen. Mark “Grace” Kelly to the show. As the Commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Kelly’s job is to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense–no small task for one staff. During this week’s discussion we cover the challenging issues across the force and the globe, as well as and the week’s airpower headlines. If it’s in the air, it’s on the air!