Joe Bogosian, president & CEO of Safran Optics 1, showcases the company’s new Ultralight Sensor that weighs less than 4.5 grams and has color day and thermal cameras for micro unmanned aircraft applications at the Association of the United States Army’s 2021 conference and tradeshow in Washington, DC.
John Shade, the executive vice president for business development and future programs at Rolls-Royce Defense, with a walk-around of the company’s AE 1107F engine for Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor at the Association of the United States Army’s 2021 conference and tradeshow in Washington, DC. The V-280 is competing for the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition.
Henrik Knape, product manager and head of sales for the ARCHER mobile 155mm howitzer at BAE Systems Bofors, with a walk around of the company’s novel artillery system at the Association of the United States Army’s 2021 conference and tradeshow in Washington, DC. ARCHER, which is now in service with the Swedish Army, can be ready for action, fire at its target, and get back on the move in less than a 90 seconds. Using smart munitions such as the Excalibur, ARCHER is capable of hitting targets 60 kilometers away and is competing for the US Army contract to replace the service’s towed 155mm artillery pieces.
It is human nature for people to live in the present and thus forget or pay less attention to the past. For example, many think today is the most complex and complicated period in our history with Covid; Great Power Competition with two peer or near peer rivals; and many simultaneous crises whether in the Middle East or vis a vis Iran, North Korea, Syria and other irritants. And for the military services, especially the Navy that maintains an exhausting deployment schedule, dealing with the here and now of immediate personnel, equipment, readiness and operational issues is time consuming.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses Russia’s recent anti-satellite test during which larger spacecraft deployed a smaller one, implications of a new generation of ground- as well as space-based weapons, how to deter adversaries from attacking US and allied space assets, update on Space Force legislation and budget, and a look ahead to CSIS’ “State of the Space Industrial Base 2020” event at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28 with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Event Registration required–link.
On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners, Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute and Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute on the stand-up of The Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson, the intersection of defense operations and new technologies, the upcoming release of the center’s antisubmarine warfare study and the fallout from the recent fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard.
On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests include “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, David Zikusoka, research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), staff on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission and member of the national security team in the office of Vice President Joseph Biden, discusses the CISA emergency directive ordering federal agencies to patch a vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System servers and recent reports of Russian efforts to hack companies working on COVID-19 vaccines.