On this week’s Cyber Report, Patrick Cronin, PhD, the chair for Asia-Pacific Security at the Hudson Institute, discusses China and 5G technology and cyber risks with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Northrop Grumman sponsors the Cyber Report and our cyber coverage.
Today, NATO advertises itself under version 3.0 — a forward-looking orientation to renewing the strength and readiness of its forces while addressing emerging challenges that confront the Alliance. If versions one and two addressed Cold War challenges and out-of-area operations, this third incarnation reinforces the solidarity of the Alliance through increased readiness, strengthened capabilities and credible deterrence to face new challenges. The Allies are engaging in new domains (space and cyber), reinvigorating the command structure and the political controls governing it, recognizing new competitors (China) and facing old adversaries (Russia) with firmness and resolve. There is much to be optimistic about in NATO’s agenda.
Eric Stewart, the president of the US-Poland Business Council, discusses the key strategic and industrial relationship between Washington and Warsaw with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Darrell Bricker, PhD, the CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, discusses the latest global security poll unveiled at the opening of the 2019 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Jason Rezaian, Washington Post reporter who was held captive by Iranian authorities for 18 months And wrote “Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison,” discusses protests across Iran, outlook for democracy, and pressing Tehran to abide by international norms with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada. Our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Emily Lau, the former chairperson and current chair of the foreign affairs committee of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, discusses Hong Kong’s drive for democracy, how the world can support protesters and standing up to China with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada. Our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Katie Arrington, the special assistant for cybersecurity in the office of the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, discusses the urgent need to implement the DoD’s new Cybersecurity Maturity Model to increase security across industry starting in 2020, helping small firms improve their security, changing culture to heighten security focus and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the annual Naval Submarine League conference outside Washington, DC. “It’s not one-size-fits-all in security,” Arrington said. Our cyber coverage and weekly Cyber Report are sponsored by Northrop Grumman.
Rear Adm. Tom Ishee, USN, the US Navy’s director of submarine warfare, discusses impact of continuing resolutions on the Submarine Force, improving shipyard efficiency to get submarines awaiting repair back to sea, unmanned undersea vehicles strategy, and with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the annual Naval Submarine League conference outside Washington, DC.
Keith Flail, the vice president for advanced vertical lift systems at Bell, gives Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian a tour of the company’s 360 Invictus helicopter developed for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft 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.
Eric Perez, the director of international business development and sales at Meggitt Training Systems, discusses the high-fidelity FATS 300MIL virtual training system and “one world” connected training environment 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, L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.