Palmer Luckey, the founder of Anduril Industries who also founded Oculus Rift VR — which he sold to Facebook — discusses his new company, defense innovation, the Defense Innovation Unit and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, discusses international cooperation, improving industrial capabilities and cyber security, and calls F-35 Lighting II fighter costs and availability “unacceptable” as DoD and Lockheed Martin work to reduce purchase and operating price while increasing availability. The Defense & Aerospace Report is a media partner of the ComDef 2018 conference where the interview was recorded.
James Miller, former under secretary of defense for policy and current president at Adaptive Strategies, LLC, and co-chairman of the Defense Science Board (which recently released its “Cyber Supply Chain” report) discusses cyber strategies, cyber deterrence and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the Center for Strategic & International Studies’ Cyber Disruption 2017 conference, held on March 15, 2017, in Washington.
Gen. David Goldfein, USAF, chief of staff of the US Air Force, discusses President Trump’s proposed $54 billion defense spending increase, need for a bigger force and retaining pilots, ISIS options, top modernization priority and a case for repealing the budget control act with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s annual air warfare symposium in Orlando, Florida. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the symposium was sponsored by DRS Technologies.
Tom Martin, senior manager for business development and strategy for DoD and commercial launch at Aerojet Rocketdyne, discusses the company’s new AR-1 engine that was tested last week, the company’s investment in a new facility at the John C. Stennis Space Center, Miss., and Star Trek with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
The US Defense Department’s Raj Shah discusses innovation, the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and reaching…
Read the Report – A report by the Center for a New American Security examines the potential cost differences between a notional human-inhabited future naval aircraft and an uninhabited FNA. The authors assess the minimum cost avoidance of more than $30 billion over 30 years, with a more likely cost avoidance in excess of $100 billion. The report is authored by Paul Scharre, director of the CNAS Future of Warfare Initiative, and Daniel Berg, CNAS adjunct senior fellow.
Read the Report – Center for a New American Security Technology and National Security Program recommends the Department of Defense invest more in open source software and embrace it as a critical element of its efforts to maintain military technical superiority. The report is authored by CNAS Senior Fellow Ben FitzGerald, Adjunct Senior Fellow Dr. Peter Levin, and Researcher Jacqueline Parziale.