Ian Slagle, product lead for visual build management at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding, discusses how the system’s “visual work instruction and digital tools” impact the company’s shipbuilding process with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during an interview at the Navy League’s 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held April 3-5, 2017, in National Harbor, Maryland.
Jeff Bialos, a partner with the law firm Eversheds Sutherland who served as the Pentagon’s industrial affairs chief during the Clinton administration, discusses President Trump’s Buy American rhetoric, defense-industrial strategy, DoD’s Third Offset initiative and innovation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Gary Gysin, CEO of Liquid Robotics — a Boeing company — and firm’s strategic advisor, retired UK Royal Navy Adm. Sir George Zambellas, the former First Sea Lord, discuss the US Navy’s Digital Ocean initiative, innovation and the small company’s relationship with its giant new owner with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy’s League’s annual conference and tradeshow April 3-5, 2017, near Washington.
Thomas Karako, PhD, director of the missile defense program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses North Korea’s ballistic missile capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the think tank’s Washington headquarters on April 21, 2017.
Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, discusses defense appropriations, US Navy budget priorities and future fleet architecture with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held April 3-5, 2017, in National Harbor, Maryland.
Dan Gillian, F/A-18 and EA-18 Program Manager, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, discusses the rivalry between the F/A-18 and F-35, extending aircraft life, and ensuring connectivity and communications across across the fleet with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held April 3-5, 2017, in National Harbor Maryland. Boeing is a sponsor of Defense & Aerospace Report.
Steve Sloan, LPD 17 program manager at Huntington Ingalls Industries, discusses the company’s LDP 17 Missile-Defense Variant with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held April 3-5, 2017, in National Harbor, Maryland.
Amb. Fareed Yasseen, PhD, ambassador of Iraq to the United States, discusses the US-Iraq relationship,…
George Perkovich, PhD, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses the roles of government and industry in cyberspace, the impacts of Buy American attitudes on cyber, the establishment of cybersecurity norms and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Brave New Cyberworld conference, which the think tank co-hosted with Jigsaw, on April 18, 2017, in Washington.
Rear Adm. Ken Perry, USN Ret., vice president for product integration and concept development at General Dynamics Electric Boat, discusses Virginia-class submarine production, the status of the Columbia-class program and the Virginia Payload Module (VPM), the state of the company’s workforce, and the company’s vision for future involvement with unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was held on April 4, 2017, during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland.