Tim McCue, vice president for LCS programs at Austal, discusses the company’s littoral combat ship design offering for the US Navy’s competition for a new frigate, LCS production and sustainment, and more during a Jan. 11, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Surface Navy Association national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Steve O’Bryan, vice president of strategy and business development for rotary and mission systems at Lockheed Martin, discusses its Multi-Mission Surface Combatant version of its Littoral Combat Ship for Saudi Arabia (the first new-build US export warship in decades), the frigate variant of its LCS for the US Navy’s competition for a future frigate and more during a Jan. 11, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Rear Adm. John Wade, USN, commander of the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, discusses the center’s mission and work during a Jan. 11, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the 2018 Surface Navy Association national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Mike Coulter, senior vice president for business development at Leonardo DRS and president of Leonardo DRS International, discusses the company’s outlook for 2018, its work with the US Navy and US Coast Guard, the US Navy’s future frigate, Hybrid Electric Drive technology and more during a Jan. 11, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Francesco Valente, president and CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group, discusses its FREM-FFG(X) frigate offering for the US Navy’s competition for a new frigate, building the service’s Littoral Combat Ship and more during a wide-ranging, Jan. 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Maj. Gen. David Coffman, USMC, the US Navy’s director of expeditionary warfare, discusses lessons learned from the first deployment of the USS America — a new amphibious assault ship optimized for aviation operations — getting the F-35 Lightning II fighter to sea and Navy-Marine Corps force planning in the Pacific during a Jan. 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Jeffrey Long, PhD, a research chemist in the US Naval Research Laboratory’s Chemistry Division, discusses efforts to use water-based chemical battery technology to create smaller, safer and more rechargeable batteries for US Navy ships and submarines during a Jan. 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Heather Willauer, PhD, a research chemist in the Materials & Systems Branch of the US Naval Research Laboratory’s Materials Science & Technology Division, discusses the lab’s efforts to transform seawater into fuel and make the process scalable for US Navy vessels during a Jan. 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

Adm. Robert Papp Jr., USCG Ret., president for Washington operations at Eastern Shipbuilding Group and the 24th US Coast Guard commandant, discusses the company’s Offshore Patrol Cutter for the US Coast Guard, international market prospects for the ship and more during a Jan. 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.