Tom Martin, senior manager for business development and strategy for DoD and commercial launch at Aerojet Rocketdyne, discusses the company’s new AR-1 engine that was tested last week, the company’s investment in a new facility at the John C. Stennis Space Center, Miss., and Star Trek with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Gen. Larry Spencer, USAF Ret., the president of the Air Force Association, previews the organization’s annual air warfare symposium March 1-3, 2017, in Orlando, Fla., and discusses US Air Force priorities and changes to the force since he enlisted in 1971 with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Amb. Eric Edelman, counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses a new report, “US Strategy for Maintaining a Europe Whole and Free,” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The report, co-authored by Edelman and Whitney Morgan McNamara, is among four reports in a recent CSBA strategy series.
Amb. David O’Sullivan, ambassador of the European Union’s Delegation to the United States, discusses the future of EU relations with the Trump administration, upcoming European elections, policy on Russia, Iran and Syria during a wide-ranging interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Lewis “Bob” Sorley, military historian and author of “A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America’s Last Years in Vietnam,” discusses the legacy of the late Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, USA Ret., a top advisor to President Dwight Eisenhower who also served as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted recently at the Atlantic Council after a panel discussion on Goodpaster’s legacy. Goodpaster served as the Council’s Chairman between 1985 and 1997.
Jorge Benitez, editor of the Atlantic Council’s NATO Source blog, discusses Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ message to NATO members, Russia and importance of the European Union to transatlantic security with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Ted Huetter, spokesman for the Museum of Flight near Seattle, discusses the museum’s 1914 Caproni Ca.20, the world’s first fighter aircraft, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was taped in December 2016.
Remy Nathan, vice president for international affairs at the Aerospace Industries Association, discusses record US aerospace and defense export sales, recommendations for the Trump administration and the importance of the Export-Import Bank of the United States with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Brig. Ben Barry, British Army Ret., senior fellow for land warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, discusses global land power trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
James Hackett, senior fellow for defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who also edits IISS’ Military Balance 2017, discusses global defense trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. This year’s Military Balance was released on Feb. 14, 2017, in London and is the first edition since 1989 with an online component, The Military Balance +, with searchable data bases on forces, defense economics and military capabilities found in the report.