Danny Sebright, the president of the US-UAE Business Council, discusses the key takeaways from the recent International Defense Exhibition — known as IDEX — in Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s new offset policy and the US-UAE alliance with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Gen. Larry Spencer, USAF Ret., the former US Air Force vice chief who is now the president of the Air Force Association, discusses what to expect at the assocation’s Air Warfare Symposium next week in Orlando, the importance of engaging with innovative entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos and Mark Cuban, accomplishments during his tenure and what’s next, being an Airman for Life, and the late Lt. Gen. George Muellner’s legacy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Spencer enlisted in the Air Force in 1971 at the age of 18 rose through the noncommissioned ranks for nine years before becoming an office in 1980 to become vice chief. Spencer, who became AFA president in 2015 immediately after retiring, will step down March 1, 2019, and be replaced by Lt. Gen. Bruce “Orville” Wright, USAF Ret.
Laurent Maury, vice president of Thales’ new critical information systems and cybersecurity business,discusses the role of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, cyber threats and defenses with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Thales sponsored reporters’ travel to Montreal to visit cortAIx AI research and development facility and launch of an AI partnership the company and Centech, Québec’s largest start-up incubator.
Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses, discusses the latest on Russian unmanned ground and air systems like Uran, Okhotnik and Carnivora with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Karl Schmidt, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who is co-head of the aerospace and defense practice at the KippsDeSanto investment bank, discusses the firm’s second annual survey of aerospace, defense and government services merger and acquisition trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF Ret., dean of Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies discusses the legacy of Lt. Gen. George Muellner, USAF Ret., the Institute’s recent report on nuclear command and control and the Air Force’s plan to acquire new F-15 fighters with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Eric Fanning, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, discusses the priorities of the organization on its 100th year from budgetary predictability, smart regulation, international trade fairness and workforce development with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Cmdr. Steve Sloan, USN Ret., Huntington Ingalls Industries’ LPD program manager, and George Nungesser, the company’s DDG-51 Flight III program manager, discuss the latest developments on their US Navy programs with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Siegfried Usal, Thales’ vice president for research and technology strategy and managing director of cortAIx — the company’s Center of Research and Technology for Artificial Intelligence Expertise in Montreal — discusses the role of the center and AI investment with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Thales sponsored reporters’ travel to Montreal to visit cortAIx AI research and development facility and launch of an AI partnership the company and Centech, Québec’s largest start-up incubator.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, PhD, R-Wisc., a member of the House Armed Services’ Seapower and Expeditionary Warfare subcommittee, discusses the need for new US amphibious warfare concepts and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Gallagher is a former Marine how represents a district that is home to Fincantieri Marinette Marine, which builds the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship and is one of the competitors in the US Navy’s competition for a new frigate. We spoke on the sidelines of the Amphibious Warship Industrial Base Coalition breakfast in Capitol Hill.