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NORDEFCO’s Lagerlöf, Claesson on Closer Nordic Cooperation, 2025 Plan

Johan Lagerlöf, the deputy director general and head of strategy and security policy at Sweden’s Defense Ministry, and Maj. Gen. Michael Claesson, Swedish Army, the Swedish Armed Forces’ head of plans and policy who also serves as chairman of the Nordic Defense Cooperation Military Coordination Committee, discuss NORDEFCO’s closer cooperation among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the organization’s 2025 plan, Russia, China, cyber and disinformation threats, climate change and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking NORDEFCO’s 10th anniversary and what’s next.

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Harvard’s Lute, Burns on New NATO Report, Trump is Greatest Challenge

Amb. (Ret.) Doug Lute, a retired US Army lieutenant general who served as US ambassador to NATO, and Amb. (Ret.) Nick Burns, one of America’s top former diplomats who also served as US ambassador to NATO — both now affiliated with Harvard University — discuss their new report “NATO at Seventy: An Alliance in Crisis” and the vital importance of the Atlantic Alliance and America’s role in it with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Center for a New American Security where the report by Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs was publicly released.

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USAF’s Collins on Improving Fighter, Bomber Readiness; F-15X

Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, USAF, the US Air Force’s program executive officer for fighters and bombers, discusses increasing fighter and bomber readiness and bringing Boeing’s F-15X into service should the service decide to acquire the new jet to replace its aging F-15C aircraft with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The Interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando where our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS and L3 Technologies.

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CNAS’ Dougherty on New American Way of War Project

Chris Dougherty, one of the authors of the Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy who is now a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the think tank’s New American Way of War project with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

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Rolls-Royce McVay on Program to Re-Engine USAF’s B-52 Bomber Fleet

Craig McVay, the senior vice president for military strategic systems at Rolls-Royce North America, discusses the company’s proposal to re-engine the US Air Force’s fleet of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS and L3 Technologies.

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VMAQ-2’s Rundle on Legacy of His Squadron, EA-6B Prowler and EW Mission

Lt. Col. Andrew “Grundy” Rundle, USMC, the last commanding officer of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 — known as VMAQ-2 — that was deactivated on March 8, 2019, along with the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler — discusses the 67-year legacy of his historic unit and its iconic jet, the expeditionary EW and airborne electronic attack missions and what’s next for his storied community with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The four-seat EA-6B was introduced in 1975 and derived from the two-seat EA-6A Electric Intruder that was the electronic warfare version of the Navy’s A-6 Intruder attack jet. The Navy and Marines acquired 170 Prowlers, which the Navy retired in 2015, replacing it with the Boeing EF-18G derived from the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter. 

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Air Force Magazine’s Tirpak, Cohen on SecAF Wilson Resignation, McSally Rape Revelation

Air Force Magazine Senior Editor Rachel Cohen and Editorial Director John Tirpak discuss the March 8, 2019, resignation of Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, PhD, who will step down from office in May to become the new president of the University of Texas at El Paso and the revelation by Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., that she was raped when she served on active duty in the Air Force with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s headquarters in Northern Virginia.

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Bush School’s Welsh on Harnessing Disruption, Leading Innovation

Gen. Mark Welsh, USAF Ret., the US Air Force’s 20th chief of staff who is now the dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, discusses harnessing disruption, leading innovation and the legacy of the school’s namesake, President George H.W. Bush, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando where our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS and L3 Technologies.

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GE’s Warren on Company’s Proposals to Re-Engine USAF B-52 Bombers

Shawn Warren, the vice president and general manager for large military engines at GE Aviation, discusses the company’s proposals in the US Air Force competition to replace the Pratt & Whitney TF33 engines on the service’s Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers with newer, more fuel efficient powerplants with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando where our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS and L3 Technologies.

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US Navy’s Modly on Improving Seapower Through Education; Truman, Amphib Reports

Tom Modly, the under secretary of the US Navy, discusses the service’s new Educating for Seapower or E4S plan to improve officer and enlisted education to grow more strategic, thoughtful leaders as the critical advantage in great power competition and fields questions about the reported retirement of the USS Harry S. Truman with 30 more years of service life remaining and the rational for shifting resources from purchasing two more San Antonio-class amphibious ships toward more survivable platforms like submarines with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in his office at the Pentagon.

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