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Lt. Gen. Bill Phillips, USA Ret., vice president for Army/Special Operations Forces and Huntsville Customer Engagement at Boeing. discusses the company’s MH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, the roadmap for the AH-6 light attack/armed reconnaissance helicopter platform (also known as Little Bird), training solutions, the future of the SOF market and more during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR.

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Lisa Sanders, director of science and technology for US Special Operations Command, discusses what she’s seeking from the defense industry, great-power competition’s impact on the command’s S&T goals, sustainability, artificial intelligence and more during a May 23, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR.

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David Ray, president of FLIR’s government and defense business unit, discusses the company’s Ranger family of radars and Recon V ultra-light, next-generation, portable, thermal handheld sensor , his research and development priorities, strategic investment and much more in a wide-ranging, May 22, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla.  Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR.

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Gen. Raymond “Tony” Thomas, USA, commander of US Special Operations Command, discusses defense industry’s role in helping USSOCOM achieve its mission, why integrated-product teams and technological innovation are crucial for combat development, how the command’s acquisition benefits the joint force, the urgency of empowering individual special operators and more during a May 22, 2018, keynote address at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.

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Col. Jim Smith, USA Ret., acquisition executive at US Special Operations Command, discusses the command’s acquisition priorities, how that list is changing in response to an evolving threat environment, the biggest problems the command needs industry’s help to solve, USSOCOM’s role in military-information support operations, collaborating with other services’ acquisition executives and much more in a wide-ranging, May 22, 2018, interview with Defense &. Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.

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Terry Roehrig, PhD, a professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College, discusses North Korea’s naval strategy, fleet mix, geographical challenges to maritime defense, submarine-launched ballistic missile program, military and nuclear capability, the politics of denuclearization and much more during a wide-ranging, May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, R.I.

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Mark Esper, PhD, US Army secretary, discusses his priorities for reforming the service’s talent management system during a May 16, 2018, press conference at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington. The press conference was held following a modernization discussion between Esper and Susannah Blume, a senior fellow in CNAS’ Defense Program.

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Maj. Gen. Jim Boozer, USA Ret., chief of staff at the National Defense Industrial Association, previews the organization’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (also known as SOFIC), being held May 21-24 in Tampa, Fla., and discusses this year’s theme and priorities, collaborating with the US Defense Department, government leaders, industry and academia, the significance of DoD-industry dialogue and more in a May 21, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the event. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.

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Tom Menker, business development & government relations representative at Air Tractor, discusses the company’s AT-802U multi-mission aircraft, why its ISR capabilities make it a good fit for the US Air Force despite its elimination from the service’s light-attack experiment aircraft competition, the aircraft’s specifications and more during a May 18, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor and Host Vago Muradian at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24 in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage was sponsored by FLIR Systems.

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Rear Adm. Jeff Harley, USN, president of the US Naval War College, discusses his curriculum priorities (including an increased emphasis on warfighting, lethality and great-power competition, leadership and ethics), the guidance he’s received on improving professional military education, factors shaping the future threat environment, wargaming and much more in a wide-ranging, May 16, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, Rhode Island.

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