The Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, brings you podcasted versions of the Defense & Aerospace Report's interviews with the government, military and aerospace leaders, lawmakers, industry executives and analysts that shape national security and aerospace de…
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Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation think tank’s Asian Studies Center, shares his takeaways from President Donald Trump’s historic, June 11, 2018, summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, calls Trump’s concession of US-South Korea military exercises during their exchange a mistake, and discusses who’s actually driving the talks, the outlook for future US-North Korea diplomacy, the impact of strategic surprise, how China factors in and more during a wide-ranging, June 12, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the think tank’s offices in Washington.
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John Harris, CEO of Raytheon International, discusses global product demand, international sales growth, partnerships and much more in a wide-ranging interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in a July 2018 interview at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage was sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
Eric Chewning, deputy assistant defense secretary for manufacturing and industrial base policy, says the US must leverage its “full national-security innovation base,” previews the Pentagon’s input into the Trump administration’s ongoing national industrial base assessment and strategy process, discusses industrial base considerations in contract awards, merger and acquisition approval policy, and much more in a wide-ranging, July 16, 2018, interview at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage is sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
Magnus Lewis-Olsson, Saab’s head of marketing for Europe, discusses Gripen E flight testing, weapons integration, international customers and interest, technology transfer, the aircraft’s architectural philosophy and more in a July 17, 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage is sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
Jorge Benitez, director of the Atlantic Council think tank’s NATOSource blog and a senior fellow in its Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, discusses what to expect from the 2018 NATO Summit in Brussels, what President Donald Trump’s’ strategic goals should be both there and at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin later in July, how Trump’s diplomatic language may threaten the alliance and aide Putin’s efforts to disempower it, US Defense Secretary James Mattis’ role in American foreign policy, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide’s June 26 remarks at the think tank and more in an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian taped immediately after her speech in Washington.
Gen. Thomas Lawson, Royal Canadian Air Force Ret., the former Canadian deputy commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and former chief of the defence staff for the Canadian Armed Forces,discusses NORAD’s legacy, deterring Russia, the US-Canada military relationship and more in a May 17, 2018, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Embassy of Canada in Washington. The interview was conducted after a panel commemorating NORAD’s 60th anniversary that was co-hosted by the embassy and the Wilson Center think tank’s Canada Institute.
Randy Tinseth, vice president for marketing at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, discusses his company’s deal to take over Embraer’s commercial aircraft business, ramping up 787 production rates, why the 777X should be seen as a replacement for the 777-300ER, Boeing’s DHL freighter deal, how the company is responding to international trade controversy and more in a wide-ranging, July 16, 2018, interview at the Farnborough International Air Show outside of London. Our coverage is sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
Andrew Kennedy, head of strategy at BAE Systems Military Air & Information, and Clive Morrison, the business unit’s operational requirements manager, discuss the Future Combat Air Strategy that was unveiled by UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson last week, the plan’s £2 billion Tempest combat aircraft program (led by BAE Systems in conjunction with Leonardo, Rolls-Royce and MBDA), why the aircraft should be seen as a “complementary capability into the future” with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter versus a potential replacement for it and much more during a wide-ranging, July 20, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage was sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
Guto Bebb, MP, the UK’s former minister for defense procurement, discusses the country’s newly announced Future Combat Air Strategy and Tempest fighter, transatlantic trade war, the 750 million pound efficiency goal expected to be part of Britain’s upcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review, Australia’s decision to buy the Type 26 frigate being developed for the Royal Navy by BAE Systems and the outlook for a ground system strategy in a July 16, 2018, interview at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. This was his final media interview before his July 16, 2018, resignation over a Brexit vote in Parliament later that evening. Our coverage is sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
Matthew Bromberg, president of military engines at Pratt and Whitney, discusses the company’s strategy for reducing production and sustainment costs of its F135 engine that powers the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter, what kind of investment will be needed to make these cost cuts happen, the company’s Digital Depot concept, its new GatorWorks business unit focused on rapid, agile engine prototyping , and much more in a wide-ranging, July 16, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage is sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
Gen. Vincenzo Camporini, Italian Air Force Ret., former chief of the Italian Air Force and the Italian Defense Staff, and current vice president of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, dicusses his takeaways from the 2018 NATO Summit, the future of the military alliance and much more in a wide-ranging, July 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
Maj. Gen. Yoav Har-Even, IDF Ret., CEO of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, discusses the $193 million US Army contract that it won in partnership with Leonardo DRS to provide its Trophy Active Protection System for use on Abrams tanks, the potential impact of transatlantic trade tensions on Israeli firms, US market opportunities and more during a July 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Vago Muradian at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow. Our coverage was sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
Joel Brand, vice president for product management at Kumu Networks, discusses the company’s Self-Interference Cancellation technology that lets users simultaneously transmit and receive radio communications via the same or adjacent channels, the technology’s scalability, its potential military applications, corporate growth strategy and more during a remote, June 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Dr. Liam Fox, UK secretary of state for international trade and the nation's former defense secretary, discusses the potential impact of transatlantic tariffs on the British economy, the trade message he's taking to Washington during this week's official visit, European defense spending, Brexit strategy, the politics of the newly announced Tempest fighter, the UK Department of Trade's space agenda, priorities for the 2019 Strategic Defense and Security Review, and more in a July 20, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage was sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Michael Kofman, senior research scientist and the head of the Russia section at CNA, discusses what US Russia strategy should look like, the implications of sanctioning Russia over its alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in the UK and more in a wide-ranging, August 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in northern Virginia.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Samuel Bendett, an associate research analyst in the Center for Naval Analyses’ Russia Program and a Russian studies fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, discusses Russian autonomous vehicles (including its Storm unmanned ground vehicle concept and its Cephalopod unmanned underwater vehicle), takeaways from the Falcon Hunt unmanned aerial vehicle competition that was held during the 2018 International Army Games in Russia, and the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems’ upcoming meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, during an August 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Tom Enders, PhD, CEO of Airbus, argues that industrialists must make the case for free trade but agrees with President Donald Trump’s assertion that “Europe is not spending enough on defense,” discusses Brexit, the tariffs and transatlantic friction, the future of the European industrial landscape, reflects on successes and lessons learned from his tenure at Airbus and much more in a wide-ranging, July 17, 2018, interview at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow. Our coverage is sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Adm. Sir Philip Jones, RN, First Sea Lord and chief of naval staff of the Royal Navy, says the service is planning “a full carrier-strike operational work-up in UK waters in 2020” that will include “a full air wing” in preparation for its deployment of an HMS Queen Elizabeth-led carrier strike group in 2021, and discusses the future of maritime combat, US-UK naval collaboration, the Elizabeth’s upcoming US deployment and much more in a wide-ranging, July 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage was sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Chris Griner, a partner in the Washington office of the Stroock & Stroock & Lavan law firm, discusses the Foreign Investment Risk Review Management Act (or FIRRMA) and what it means for the future of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (also known as CFIUS), national security and much more in a wide-ranging, Aug. 16, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, discusses cost-cutting efforts, the KC-46 Pegasus partnerships with Embraer and Saab, developing new products, the impact of transatlantic tensions on future sales, and much more in a wide-ranging interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage is sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Chuck Gummow, vice president of business development at Textron Aviation Defense, and Bill Harris, vice president of the company’s Scorpion program, share Scorpion and AT-6 Wolverine multi-mission aircraft program updates, discuss what makes the AT-6 a strong contender in the US Air Force’s OA-X light attack aircraft competition and much more during a wide-ranging, July 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS. Bell, a Textron company, sponsors our Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Katherine Bennett, senior vice president of Airbus UK, discusses the challenge of carrying out Brexit while safeguarding international trade, the potential impact of “a hard Brexit” on the company’s business, its A220 jet deal with Bombardier, UK defense-spending projections, European market opportunities, defense-industrial strategy and more in a wide-ranging, July 13, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT 2018 coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Philip Dunne, Tory MP, the UK’s former defense-procurement minister and the author of the “Growing the Contribution of Defence to UK Prosperity” report, discusses the publication’s findings on how the arms industry contributes to the British economy, what the country’s defense-industrial strategy needs to look like, why the US-UK defense relationship matters, NATO and much more during a wide-ranging, July 13, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Greg Ulmer, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program, says he expects a Lot 11 agreement with the US government within about 30 days, and discusses the company’s June 6 delivery of the first four F-35 Lightning II fighters to the UK, program updates, modernization, sustainment, software stability, the Autonomic Logistics Information System (or ALIS), aircraft availability, and turnaround rates, projected unit pricing, potential new markets for the jet — including Finland and Canada — and much more during a wide-ranging, July 14, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper, RAF Ret., former director-general of NATO's International Military Staff and current vice president of Charitable Trust Enterprises, says NATO's invocation of the Article 5 commitment shouldn't depend on a threatened nation's defense-spending level and discusses how Baltic air defenses can be improved on both a local and alliance level to deter Russia, what went right and wrong at the 2018 NATO Summit in Brussels, and much more in a wide-ranging, July 14, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
Lt. Gen. Brian Beaudreault, USMC, the US Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for plans, policies and operations, discusses his vision for a “whole-of-nation approach” to preparing for great-power competition, amphibious assault ships’ role in future combat and the dynamic force employment concept during a June 4, 2018, interview with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The interview was taped after a panel discussion on Marine Air-Ground Task Forces innovation.
Welcome to the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies. On this episode, Bob Work, former deputy defense secretary who is now defense counselor at the Center for a New American Security, discusses China’s three-pronged strategy to offset US military advantages that includes espionage to shrink the time needed to develop new systems, employing a “system-destruction” approach to warfare, and attacking first to overwhelm defenses, Beijing’s capabilities and ways Washington can respond during a wide-ranging, June 22, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington. The interview was conducted on the sidelines of CNAS’ annual conference, this year titled, “Strategic Competition: Maintaining the Edge.”
On this special episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, we bring you Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord's keynote speech from the National Defense Industrial Association's 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our SOFIC coverage was sponsored by FLIR.
Welcome to the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies. On our first episode, Chris Kubasik, chairman, CEO and president of L3 Technologies, discusses his goals for the company (including making it “a nontraditional 6th prime” US government contractor), defense-spending expectations, growth strategy, reorganization and integration efforts, competing with bigger firms, increasing contract win rates, merger and acquisition strategy, and much more during a wide-ranging, May 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the company’s headquarters in northern Virginia. You can read the full transcript of the interview here: http://bit.ly/2KYpwCq
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