Great Power Competition

Navy News
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Just 13 months after reactivation, the U.S. 2nd Fleet now has “full operational capability” though its commander stopped short of saying his command is fully up to speed, yet. The fledgling fleet declared its initial operating capability in May, just before jetting off to the Baltic Sea to honcho a large exercise there. And they’ve wasted no time since as they were heavily involved in July with preparing and evaluating the Truman Carrier Strike Group’s final exercises — the first such deployment under their watch.

SAS 2019
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Vice Adm. Bill Merz, USN, the deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems or N9, discusses closer integration of US Navy systems and capabilities, future fleet, manned-unmanned force mix, harnessing information and the right great power mindset with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS. Merz has been nominated to become the next commander of the 7th Fleet.

AAAA 2019
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Brig. Gen. Jean Bouillaud, French Army, the commander of the French Army’s Aviation School, discusses strategy, operational lessons, emerging threats and modernization with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Nashville, Tenn., where our coverage was sponsored by Bell and Leonardo DRS.

AAAA 2019
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Lt. Gen. Ted Martin, US Army, the deputy commanding general of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Va., discusses rebuilding high-end warfighting skills, lessons from the Cold War, capabilities as well as recruiting and retention with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Nashville., Tenn., where our coverage was sponsored by Bell and Leonardo DRS.

GFS 2019
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Lt. Gen. Bill Phillips, US Army Ret., the vice president for Army programs at Boeing Defense, Space and Security, discusses the giant’s US Army programs, the services decision to cut funding to the Block II version of the venerable heavy-life CH-47 Chinook helicopter, working with the new Futures Command and his advice to program managers with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Association of the United States Army’s recent Global Force Symposium and Exhibition in Huntsville, Ala., where our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

AAAA 2019
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Brig. Gen. David Francis, US Army, the director of US Army Aviation, discusses preparing the service’s aviation forces to operate in an ever more contested environment, readiness and retention, and making hard program choices with Defense & Space Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Nashville, Tenn. Our coverage is sponsored by Bell and Leonardo DRS.

GFS 2019
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Brig. Gen. Chris Mohan, the deputy chief of staff for operations at the US Army Materiel Command, discusses how the service is adapting its logistics capabilities to operate in highly contested environments, prepositioned stocks, and ensuring future systems have as lean a support footprint as possible with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The Interview was conducted at the Association of the United States Army’s annual Global Force symposium and exhibition in Huntsville, Ala,, where our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

VIDEOS
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Maj. Gen. Bill Cooley, USAF, the commander of the US Air Force Research Laboratory, discusses Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson’s Science & Technology 2030 plan, game-changing capabilities, hypersonic weapons and innovation 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 L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

VIDEOS
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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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