Dr. Steven H. Walker director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA) discusses the sixty-year history of the organization, game changing technology introduced to defense and the world, and how the organization will continue to win key tech races into the future during a September 06, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at National Harbor, MD.
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.
Thad Smith, director of Standard Missile 6 business development at Raytheon Missile Systems, discusses the Pentagon’s decision to approve the weapon for international sales, new capabilities, future upgrades and cost control measures with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Surface Navy Association’s 29th Annual Symposium and Tradeshow. Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of SNA is sponsored by Raytheon.
Adm. Bill Moran, USN, the vice chief of naval operations, discusses the US Navy’s top spending priorities, prospects for more shipbuilding, the decision to bring back ratings and improving training for sailors with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Surface Navy Association’s 29th annual symposium and tradeshow in Arlington, Virginia, on Jan. 10, 2017. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the 2017 SNA gathering is sponsored by Raytheon.
Mark Fox, global defense programs chief at Amazon Web Services, discusses the company’s scalable facial recognition system, data security and data cost trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Supreme Allied Command Transformation’s 2016 Chiefs of Transformation Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 13-15, 2016.
James Appathurai, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, and NATO Special Representative to the Caucasus and Central Asia, discusses US President-elect Donald Trump, Russia, defense spending, the EU and more to Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the 2016 Halifax International Security Forum.
Peter Van Praagh, founding president of the Halifax International Security Forum, discusses goals of the 2016 forum in an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian on Nov. 19 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The US Defense Department’s Raj Shah discusses innovation, the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and reaching…