Amb. Eric Edelman, counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses a new report, “US Strategy for Maintaining a Europe Whole and Free,” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The report, co-authored by Edelman and Whitney Morgan McNamara, is among four reports in a recent CSBA strategy series.
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Lewis “Bob” Sorley, military historian and author of “A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America’s Last Years in Vietnam,” discusses the legacy of the late Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, USA Ret., a top advisor to President Dwight Eisenhower who also served as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted recently at the Atlantic Council after a panel discussion on Goodpaster’s legacy. Goodpaster served as the Council’s Chairman between 1985 and 1997.
Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses CSBA’s recently released “Restoring American Seapower” study with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The study — co-authored by Peter Haynes, Jessie Sloman and Timothy Walton of CSBA joined by Bryan McGrath of the Hudson Institute and Craig Hooper of Gryphon Scientific — found that the Navy needs between 340 and 380 ships (depending on ship counting rules) and is one of three mandated by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act 2016 to help shape Navy shipbuilding and force structure. The other two are the Navy’s own internal study, “Alternative Future Fleet Platform Architecture Study,” which found a need for 355 ships, and “Navy Future Fleet Platform Architecture Study” by the MITRE Corporation – one of America’s federally funded research and development centers – that concluded the Navy needs 414 ships to support US strategy and confront threats in 2030. Links to all three reports can be found at the Defense & Aerospace Report website.
Jorge Benitez, editor of the Atlantic Council’s NATO Source blog, discusses Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ message to NATO members, Russia and importance of the European Union to transatlantic security with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Lt. Cmdr. Mica “Taz” Foster, USN, and Aircrewman 1st Class Cory Hedges of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue discuss lifesaving mission in the Pacific Northwest with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The Interview was conducted in December 2016.
Heather Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia and Arctic at the Center for Strategic and International Security, discusses US arctic strategy, Russia and NATO with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted on Jan. 23, 2017, at CSIS following a panel discussion on US acrtic strategy.
Thad Smith, director of Standard Missile 6 business development at Raytheon Missile Systems, discusses the Pentagon’s decision to approve the weapon for international sales, new capabilities, future upgrades and cost control measures with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Surface Navy Association’s 29th Annual Symposium and Tradeshow. Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of SNA is sponsored by Raytheon.
Adm. Bill Moran, USN, the vice chief of naval operations, discusses the US Navy’s top spending priorities, prospects for more shipbuilding, the decision to bring back ratings and improving training for sailors with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Surface Navy Association’s 29th annual symposium and tradeshow in Arlington, Virginia, on Jan. 10, 2017. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the 2017 SNA gathering is sponsored by Raytheon.
Mark Fox, global defense programs chief at Amazon Web Services, discusses the company’s scalable facial recognition system, data security and data cost trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Supreme Allied Command Transformation’s 2016 Chiefs of Transformation Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 13-15, 2016.