The Trump administration’s plan to cut 12,000 US troops from Germany will hurt NATO, undermine America’s global reputation, help Russia by reducing US troops in Germany by a third and stoking discord among key alliance members, and waste time and money.
The urgent coronavirus crisis has not eclipsed pre-existing strategic conundrums like Russian threats to Europe and NATO and the urgency of adapting the alliance to meet them. Moscow shows no sign of negotiating on Ukraine or reducing its information warfare and other threats to European security, quite the opposite.
Air Vice Marshal Rocky Rochelle, RAF, the Royal Air Force’s capabilities chief, discusses threats and future combat air capabilities including Team Tempest with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the DSEI 2019 conference and tradeshow in London. Our coverage is sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS and in partnership with Clarion Events — DSEI’s organizer — and working with the UK Department of International Trade’s Defence & Security Organisation to bring our audience the best in British defense and security.
Colin Wills, PhD, capability manager for major air programs Leonardo Ltd. who oversees the company’s participation in the UK-Swedish-Italian Team Tempest program, discusses what’s next for the effort to develop a new future combat air system, his company’s role on the program — that also includes BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and MBDA — and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the DSEI 2019 conference and tradeshow in London. Our coverage is sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS and in partnership with Clarion Events — DSEI’s organizer — and working with the UK Department of International Trade’s Defence & Security Organisation to bring our audience the best in British defense.
Sash Tusa, analyst with the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, discusses Italy’s decision to join Britain and Sweden on the UK-led Team Tempest effort to develop a future combat air capability — team includes BAE Systems, Leonardo, Rolls-Royce and MBDA — the prospect that the UK-Italy-Swedish program will united with SCAF team composed of France, Germany and Spain, developing aircraft that are free of the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the outlook for sales to Saudi Arabia if European nations impose restrictions on future exports with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the DSEI conference and trade show in London. Our coverage is sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS and in partnership with Clarion Events — DSEI’s organizer — and working with the UK Department of International Trade’s Defence & Security Organisation to bring our audience the best in British defense.
Antonio Missiroli, NATO’s assistant Secretary general for emerging security challenges, discusses threats facing the alliance from terrorism to sophisticated disinformation operations, cyber and battlefield energy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, USN Ret., the administrator of the US Maritime Administration, discusses the need to build a bigger US merchant marine fleet to support global operations at a time of great power competition and support American trade and military operations in peace and wartime 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.
https://soundcloud.com/defaeroreport/defense-aerospace-report-podcast-oct-15-2018-monday-business-report On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the week…