John Shade, the executive vice president for business development and future programs at Rolls-Royce Defense, with a walk-around of the company’s AE 1107F engine for Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor at the Association of the United States Army’s 2021 conference and tradeshow in Washington, DC. The V-280 is competing for the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition.
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.
Former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld famously said you go to war with the army you have, not the army you want. Fortunately, the army we have is ready to go to war against a new enemy: the rapidly spreading coronavirus that poses a grave danger to our neighbors in all 50 states.
On this week’s Cyber Report, Rear Adm. William Metts, USN Ret., the director for strategy and program integration at Northrop Grumman Cyber and Intelligence Mission Solutions, discusses setting cyber proficiency standards across DoD and the whole of government with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Northrop Grumman sponsors the Cyber Report and our cyber coverage.
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.
Brig. Gen. Dave Kumashiro, USAF, the director of joint force integration at US Air Force headquarters, discusses efforts to improve joint multi-domain command and control with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the West Coast Aerospace Forum at the Rand think tank in Santa Monica, Calif. The event is sponsored by Rand, Mitre, Aerospace Corp., the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Our overage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley, US Army, the deputy commanding general and director of the Futures and Concepts Center at of US Army Futures Command, and Rear Adm. John “Oscar” Meier, USN, the commander of the US Navy Warfare Development Command, discuss efforts to improve joint multi-domain command and control with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the West Coast Aerospace Forum at the Rand think tank in Santa Monica, Calif. The event is sponsored by Rand, Mitre, Aerospace Corp., the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Our overage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
On this week’s Cyber Report, Maj. Gen. Gregg Potter, US Army Ret., Northrop Grumman’s lead corporate executive for Fort Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground, discusses integrating US Army electromagnetic warfare, cyber and information operations with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The Cyber Report and our cyber coverage are sponsored by Northrop Grumman.
Maj. Gen. Todd Royar, US Army, the commanding general of the US Army Aviation and Missile Command, discusses supporting highly mobile aviation units under fire, getting the most out of systems already in service with big data and predictive analytics, and maintaining missile readiness and availability with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Association of the United States Army’s 2019 annual meeting in Washington, DC. Our AUSA coverage is sponsored by GM Defense, Bell, L3Harris and Leonardo DRS.
Lt. Gen. Ted Martin, US Army, the deputy commanding general of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, discusses multi-domain operations, sharpening training and exercises in an era of great-power competition, the Army’s People Strategy and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Association of the United States Army’s 2019 annual meeting in Washington, DC. Our AUSA coverage is sponsored by GM Defense, Bell, L3Harris and Leonardo DRS.