Randy Rotte, sales and marketing director for cargo helicopters and Future Vertical Lift at Boeing, and Chuck Dabundo, the company’s vice president for cargo helicopters and H-47 Chinook program manager, discuss program updates, how the helicopter fits into the US Army’s Future Vertical Lift priorities, and how it measures up against the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion in Germany’s heavy-lift helicopter replacement program competition during an April 2018 interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Army Aviation Association of America’s conference and trade show, held April 25-27, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Bryan McGrath, managing director of the FerryBridge Group consultancy and deputy director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for American Seapower, discusses the US Navy’s March 2018 Breaking the Mold workshop, encouraging innovation, aircraft carriers’ continued significance, the large carrier vs. small carrier debate, what kind of ships the Navy needs for the future, wargaming, combat survivability, preventing accidents and much more during a wide-ranging April 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space symposium near Washington. Our coverage was sponsored by Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

Air Vice-Marshal Kim Osley, Royal Australian Air Force, military advisor at Team Defence Australia, discusses the US-Australia military relationship that dates back to the Battle of Hamel during World War I, his team’s goals at the 2018 Sea-Air-Space Symposium, the country’s new defense-industry strategy that was outlined in a recent white paper and more during a wide-ranging April 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at this year’s symposium. Our coverage was sponsored by Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls industries and Leonardo DRS.

Gary Gysin, president and CEO of Liquid Robotics, a Boeing company, discusses its efforts to integrate its own technologies with others from elsewhere within the Boeing ecosystem and the US Navy to create a transparent oceans architecture, the advantages of the Wave Glider unmanned surface vehicle’s new copper-composite coating, how we should think about other countries’ artificial intelligence and autonomous-system capabilities, how Silicon Valley can become technologically superior to China and more during an April 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Sea-Air-Space Symposium near Washington. Our coverage was sponsored by the Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

Steve Sloan, LPD program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding, discusses the shipyard’s LPD-30 sole-source Flight II contract, the ship’s capabilities, how it’ll differ from its predecessors, build-cycle updates on the LPD-28 and -29, and more during an April 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space Symposium near Washington. Our coverage was sponsored by the Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

Paul Jaffe, PhD, an electrical engineer in the US Naval Research Laboratory’s Spaceflight Engineering Department, discusses space-based solar power, power beaming (or the transfer of solar energy to the Earth via microwaves or lasers), how a useful constellation would look and function, potential cost and timeline, and more during an April 11, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space Symposium outside of Washington. Our coverage was sponsored by Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

Vice Adm. Dave Johnson, USN, principal military deputy to the US Navy’s assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition, discusses accelerating Navy acquisition, the service’s priorities for its future frigate and more during an April 11, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Our coverage was sponsored by Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

Brien Bolsinger, vice president for marine operations at GE Aviation, discusses how the evolution of naval power is changing the company’s approach to marine propulsion, programs it’s pursuing (including the US Navy’s future frigate competition), how the LM6000 industrial gas turbine engine is giving it an edge over its competitors and more during an April 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space Symposium outside of Washington. GE is one of the Defense & Aerospace Report’s site sponsors. Our coverage was sponsored by Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

Dave Alexander, president of aviation systems at General Atomics, discusses the company’s offering for the US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker aircraft competition during an April 11, 2018, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space Symposium outside of Washington. Our coverage was sponsored by Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.