On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Bruce Jette, PhD, the assistant secretary of the US Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, on accelerating acquisition cycles, the service’s engineering role, harnessing innovation, competition and cutting logistics burdens.
Gen. James McConville, US Army, the US Army chief of staff, discusses how his service is preparing for the future in an era of great power competition with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian on Jan. 14, 2020, at the Atlantic Council think tank’s Commanders Series, sponsored by Saab.
Timothy Walton and Adam Lemon of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discuss their new study, “Leveling the Plying Field: Reintroducing U.S. Theater-Range Missiles in a Post-INF World,” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington, DC.
Uzi Rubin, PhD, one of the father’s of Israel’s Arrow missile defense system now with the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, discusses Iran’s missile threat to countries in the region, containing Tehran and hypersonic weapons with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted after Rubin addressed the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies’ Nuclear Deterrent Breakfast Series in Washington on July 9, 2019.
Gaylia Campbell, the vice president for precision fires and combat maneuver systems at Lockheed Martin, discusses the company’s portfolio of precision fire systems programs, efforts to increase range and supportability with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The Interview was conducted at the Association of the United States Army’s annual Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., where our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Tom Karako, the director of the missile defense project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses successful US national missile defense test on March 25, 2019, the Trump administration’s “masterpiece theater” 2020 defense budget request and the need for a space sensor to help detect more advanced threats like hypersonic weapons 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 conference in Huntsville, Ala., where our coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Gen. Tod “Magoo” Wolters, USAF, the commander of the US AIr Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, discusses NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise, strategy in the wake of the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, monitoring the Russia threat, countering hypersonic weapons, summer surge exercises, alliance defense spending and military construction funding 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.
Tom Karako, a leading missile defense expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses key elements of the the Trump administration’s Missile Defense Review released Jan. 17, 2019, Chinese and Russian capabilities, hypersonic threats and defenses and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.