Dave Harrold, business development director for survivability, targeting and sensing solutions at BAE Systems, discusses the company’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System guided rocket — also known as APKWS — and how it fits into the US Army’s renewed focus on modernization during an interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Juanita Harris, D.Mgt., executive director of the US Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center that is based at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, discusses her center’s role in supporting the service’s Future Vertical Lift and Long-Range Precision Fires efforts, how cross-functional teams work, and much more in a wide-ranging interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Scott Tumpak, vice president for military programs at Airbus Helicopters, shares an update on its Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota program, and discusses the company’s H145 multi-mission helicopter and its VSR 700 reconnaissance unmanned aerial system during an interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Ron Hutter, executive director of GE Aviation’s T901 turboshaft engine program, discusses program updates, technology investment, the company’s T700 engine, US Army modernization and more during an April 2018 interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Chris Frillman, director of programs for weapons systems at Arnold Defense, discusses the company’s LWL-12 lightweight rocket launcher, the future of weapons development and more in an interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Keith Flail, vice president for advanced tiltrotor systems at Bell, a Textron Company, discusses the company’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft and V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor unmanned aerial system, why he believes the US Army should prioritize Capability Set 3 over Capability Set 1 in its Future Vertical Lift efforts and speeding Army acquisition during an April 25, 2018, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS. Bell sponsors our Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast.

Randy Rotte, director of business development for cargo helicopter and Future Vertical Lift programs at Boeing, and Richard Koucheravy, director of business development and strategy for Future Vertical Lift at SIkorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, discuss the SB-1 Defiant JMR Technology Demonstrator they’re jointly developing in support of the US Army’s Future Vertical Lift requirements and the benefits of collaboration during an April 26, 2018, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Brig. Gen. John Evans, USA, commanding general of US Army Special Operations Aviation Command — also known as ARSOAC — says that last month’s US-UK-France joint strikes in Syria haven’t impacted his command’s strategy or readiness posture during a press conference at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2018 conference and trade show in Nashville, Tennessee. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.