On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and a visiting fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses Russia’s grinding advance into Ukrainian territory, how Western weapons are helping Kyiv, Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on Russians, and an update on Moscow’s tactics and new weapons; and Dr. Alex Walmsley of the Royal United Services Institute among many other affiliations on the resignation of Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister, likely successors and the budget outlook for UK military modernization with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Cdr. Bryan Clark, USN Ret., the director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Defence Concepts and Technology, discusses the report he co-authored with his colleague Dan Patt — “Building a Team for Next Generation Air Dominance” — what’s needed to achieve the necessary teaming across manned and unmanned platforms as well as between the Air Force and Navy as well as with allies, the need for subsystems commonality across platforms, and an update on Japanese-American military cooperation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Hondo Geurts, a former US Air Force colonel who served as both Special Operations Forces acquisition chief as well as the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, discusses the article he co-wrote with Gen. Joe Votel, USA Ret., the president at Business Executives for National Security — “Forging the Industrial Network the Nation Needs” that ran on The National Interest website — why DoD needs a guiding vision for its industrial base and why a networked approach is critical, how to drive change, overcoming bureaucratic and cultural barriers, lessons learned from failed major programs like Littoral Combat Ship and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, Trae Stephens, the co-founder and executive chairman of Anduril Industries who is also a partner at the Founders Fund, discusses what’s different about Anduril, lessons from new entrants into the Pentagon market, how the defense acquisition model has to change to favor rapid-cycle innovation, the keys to moving faster, and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of…