On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Emmanuel Mignot, the diplomatic advisor to the chairman of the French defense staff, Gen. Thierry Burkhard, discusses the chairman’s new Strategic Vision, threats, capabilities and cooperation with the United States; and Michael Kofman who heads the Russia team at the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Russia’s troop buildup on the Ukraine border, how Moscow can be deterred or punished, and how Ukraine should improve its capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security discusses the magnitude of the vulnerability in the widely used Java logging library Log4j that can be exploited to take control of servers across cyberspace; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners on the F-35 Lightning II win in Finland, Chinese violations of Taiwanese airspace and the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dave Alexander, the…

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, French Navy Vice Adm. Hervé Bléjean, the Director General of the European Union Military Staff, discusses the EU’s Strategic Compass, threats and needed capabilities, partnership with the United States and NATO, unique role of the EU in global security, China and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. 

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s commentary at the Reagan National Defense Forum, prospects for and implications of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and the week ahead; and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall discusses funding his force on continuing resolutions, creating a service culture of moving faster, developing capabilities to deter adversaries like China, and safeguarding US high-value assets like military satellites from interference by Russia and China with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.