VIDEOS

Apollo 50
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Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF Ret., legendary NASA astronaut discusses the Apollo 10 moon mission he commanded between May 18-26, 1969, that paved the way for Apollo 11’s historic landing two months later discusses the importance of his mission to test the Lunar Module in lunar orbit, the need to commemorate the moon program, lessons from the massive national effort to beat the Soviets, the Trump administration’s plan to return to the moon and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was recorded on May 24, 2019, five decades earlier to the day, Stafford and his crew mates John Young and Gene Cernan began their return to Earth, becoming the fastest humans in history by achieving a top speed of 24,791 mph. Aside from commanding Apollo 10, Stafford was pilot aboard Gemini 6A, commanded by Wally Schirra, for the first Earth orbit rendezvous with Gemini 7, commanded by Frank Borman and piloted by Jim Lovell. Stafford also commanded Gemini 9 with Cernan as pilot as well as the US portion of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first rendezvous between an American and Soviet spacecraft in July 1975.

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Jan-Olof Lind, the state secretary to Sweden’s defense minister, discusses increasing defense cooperation with the United States, the findings of the recently-release Defence Commission that shapes the country’s strategic planning, Russia and US tensions with China with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at Sweden’s embassy to the United States at the conclusion of the 17th US-Sweden Defense Defense Cooperation Conference.

SAS 2019
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Carl Forsling, global military sales and strategy manager at Bell, a Textron company, discusses the merits of the company’s 407GXi as the US Navy’s next helicopter trainer to replace existing Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger aircraft with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

SAS 2019
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Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett, USN, the US Navy’s director of cyber security, discusses improving cyber security, changing culture, training better cyber leaders, information warfare and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

SAS 2019
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Todd Tompkins, the program manager for international small combatants at the US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command, discusses the sale of Littoral Combat Ships to Saudi Arabia, international interest in both LCS versions and the worldwide small warship market with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

SAS 2019
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Sean Stackley, L3 Technologies’ senior vice president and president of the company’s Communications & Networked Systems Segment, discusses L3’s systems integration capabilities to address the US Navy’s integrated warfare needs, keys to acquisition success and failure, and fielding capability more quickly with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

SAS 2019
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Capt. Tom Vecchiola, USN Ret., the CEO of VT Systems — an ST Engineering company — and Brig. Gen. Ron Baczkowski, USMC Ret., the president of VT Halter Marine, discuss the company’s $750 million contract to build three heavy icebreakers for the US Coast Guard, it’s strategy to grow its US footprint and its impending name change with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and traddeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

SAS 2019
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Vice Adm. Bill Merz, USN, the deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems or N9, discusses closer integration of US Navy systems and capabilities, future fleet, manned-unmanned force mix, harnessing information and the right great power mindset with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS. Merz has been nominated to become the next commander of the 7th Fleet.

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