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 review the week on world markets as inflation worries persist, leading companies including Bombardier, Boeing, General Dynamics, Hexcel, L3Harris, MTU, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Safran report first 2023 quarter earnings, mounting concern of US debt default as Fitch downgrades France, impact of debt on ability of United States and its allies to continue increasing defense spending, persistent supply chain concerns as Pentagon works to ramp up production, orders fro Comac’s C919 and ARJ21 airliners, EU move to broker deal that allows Ukraine to export much-needed grain through Europe to world market, and UK military role in evacuation of British nationals from Sudan and preparations for coronation of King Charles III.

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 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 review the week on world markets, debt ceiling watch, Babcock’s charge on its fixed-price contract on its new generation Type 31 frigate, new leadership at Leonardo and Bell, Lockheed Martin first quarter 2023 earnings and what to expect as the group reports, a look ahead to Airbus returns, impact of limited industrial capacity and how governments can help increase it, market implications of Russia’s increasing cyber as well as undersea espionage and intimidation, SpaceX’s maiden Starship flight and the merits of history’s biggest and most powerful rocket, and takeaways from the National Space Symposium.