Rep. Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., a member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, discusses the Trump Administration’s 2021 Navy budget request and balancing defense investment and social spending with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Amphibious Warship Industrial Coalition’s annual congressional breakfast on Capitol Hill on Feb. 11, 2020.
Larry Ryder, senior director of business development and customer affairs at Austal, discusses how to address the US Navy’s unmanned vessels needs, manned warships like the Independence-Class Littoral Combat ship and Expeditionary Fast Transport and gives an update of FFG(X) program with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2020 national symposium. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine and Leonardo DRS.
Cdr. John Thompson, USN, the USS Gerald R Ford’s weapons officer or Gun Boss, discusses the new ship’s weapons handling capabilities compared with earlier carriers he’s served on during his three decade career. Col. James “Hondo” Geurts, USAF Ret., the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition invited a small group of reporters to travel aboard Ford on Jan. 27, 2020, as the ship conducted Aircraft Compatibility Testing off the Virginia coast.
Capt. Todd Leavitt, USN Ret., vice president for maritime systems at Northrop Grumman, discusses the company’s manned and unmanned surface combatant strategy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2020 national symposium. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine and Leonardo DRS. Northrop Grumman sponsors our weekly Cyber Report and cyber coverage.
Capt. JJ “Yank” Cummings, USN, the commanding officer of USS Gerald R Ford, says his ship’s systems are “spot on,” including zero problems with propulsion and smooth functioning of its electromagnetic catapults and new arresting gear, improving capabilities and the importance of keeping Ford-class sailors on Ford-class ships during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Col. James “Hondo” Geurts, USAF Ret., the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition invited a small group of reporters to travel aboard Ford on Jan. 27, 2020, as the ship conducted Aircraft Compatibility Testing off the Virginia coast.
Rear Adm. Rick Williams, USN Ret., a principal at L3Harris, discusses opportunities as the US Navy details its plans for large and medium displacement unmanned surface vessels as well as electronic warfare with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2020 Surface Navy Association’s national symposium. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine and Leonardo DRS.
As the Navy ramps up its great power game, it must learn Ford’s lessons to ensure major new programs like ballistic missile submarines, frigates, a surface warship and large- and medium-displacement unmanned vessels, a large unmanned tanker aircraft and more are successfully and quickly executed.
Col. James “Hondo” Geurts, USAF Ret., the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, discusses getting the USS Gerald R Ford ready for duty and makes clear that the ship’s propulsion and electrical systems, electromagnetic catapults, novel arresting gear and new dual-band radar are working well as the service qualifies aircraft to operate from the new supercarrier with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Geurts hosted a handful of reporters aboard Ford on Jan. 27, 2020, as the she steamed off the Virginia coast for aircraft compatibility testing.
Capt. Don Walsh, PhD, USN Ret., who with Jacques Piccard on Jan. 23, 1960, became the first humans to make it to the deepest known point on earth — 35,797 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean’s at the Challenger Deep — aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste discusses the importance of deep sea exploration with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard before a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the mission.
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.