Podcasts about defense industrial initiatives group

Season 6, Episode 5. Today, we'll be covering the effects of the War in Ukraine on supply chains, the defense-industrial base, and the private sector. Kelly McFarland talks to Christine Micheinzi, a former senior executive at the U.S. Department of Defense, about how the global economy and defense industry are trying to deal with the knock-on effects of Putin's War.  Dr. Christine Micheinzi is the Founder and CEO of the consultancy group MMR Defense Solutions. She is also a non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group. Chris was formerly a longtime senior official in the U.S. Department of Defense, most recently holding positions as Senior Technology Advisor and Chief Technology Officer to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment. Throughout her career, she has focused on issues related to supply chains, acquisition, and technology. The opinions expressed in this conversation are strictly those of the participants and do not represent the views of Georgetown University or any government entity. Produced by Freddie Mallinson and Jarrett Dang. Recorded on January 24, 2024. Diplomatic Immunity, a podcast from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, brings you frank and candid conversations with experts on the issues facing diplomats and national security decision-makers around the world. Funding support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. For more, visit our website, and follow us on Linkedin, Twitter @GUDiplomacy, and Instagram @isd.georgetown  

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Michael Manulak and Brian Finlay about the current state of WMD proliferation and Canada's role in countering increasing stockpiles. Then, you'll hear a discussion between Darren Hawco, Cynthia Cook, Troy Crosby, Wendy Gilmour, and Nicolas Todd about the NATO Defence Action Plan and the implications for Canada. This conversation is part of our 2023 Procurement Conference, which took place on November 29, 2023 in Ottawa. This conference was made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Hanwha Defence; conference silver sponsors L3Harris, CAE, and Seaspan; as well as bronze sponsors Thales and Microsoft. Guests biographies Michael Manulak is an Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and a CGAI Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/michael_manulak Brian Finlay is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Stimson Center – https://www.stimson.org/ppl/brian-finlay/ Cynthia Cook is director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and a senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies – https://www.csis.org/people/cynthia-cook Troy Crosby is ADM (Materiel) at the Department of National Defence – https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/assistant-deputy-minister-materiel/biography.html Wendy Gilmour was NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment from November 2022 and January 2024 – https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_208720.htm Nicolas Todd is CADSI's Vice President, Policy, Communications and Government Relations – https://www.defenceandsecurity.ca/cms4/Executive-Team Host biography Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry VAdm (ret'd) Darren Hawco is Executive Advisor at Deloitte and a CGAI Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/darren_hawco What Michael and Brian are reading Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/612488/prisoners-of-the-castle-by-ben-macintyre/9780771001970 Peacemaking 1919 by Harold Nicholson – https://www.amazon.com/Peacemaking-1919-Being-Reminiscences-Conference/dp/193154154X Recording Date: 12 Jan 2024 and 29 Nov 2023 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

At the outset of the war in Ukraine, many expected the Russian army would quickly capture the country. But images of trucks mired in mud and reports that Russian troops are running out of food suggest that Russia's invasion has suffered from poor planning. It is the small, but important details of waging war – spare tires for blow outs, adequate fuel, sufficient food supplies for troops, the right kind of screws to repair a tank – that seem to have stalled the Russian invasion in Ukraine, to the surprise of analysts. We'll look at how the everyday details of waging war, which has killed hundreds of Ukrainian men, women and children, have slowed the Russians down. Guests: Marc Champion, senior reporter covering Europe and Middle East, Bloomberg News Dr. Cynthia Cook, director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group; senior fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) J.D. Williams, senior international and defense policy researcher, Rand Corporation; has served on the National Intelligence Council; retired Marine colonel

Creating new CDAO position at the Pentagon Robert Work, former deputy secretary of defense, discusses the creation of a new chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Defense Department and next steps in the coming months Combating cyber and ransomware attacks in government Bob Bigman, founder of 2BSecure, discusses the importance of cybersecurity incident reporting legislation and ways to ensure privacy of company data Recent trends in defense acquisition spending Gregory Sanders, deputy director and fellow for the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS, discusses the increase in defense contract obligations, the role of other transactions and long-term acquisition priorities

The national defense strategy the Pentagon published in 2017 emphasized a shift to great power competition. And new technology development. So has DoD been putting its money where its mouth is? A new analysis of contracting data by the Center for Strategic and International Studies shows some glimmers of a shift in spending priorities starting in 2019. For more, Federal News Network's Jared Serbu spoke with the Deputy Director of the Center's Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, Greg Sanders.

Recommendations for confronting trust in agencies Dave Wennergren, chief executive officer of ACT-IAC, discusses agility, character and the most important thing leaders can do to build trust with their employees Prioritizing biosecurity in government Rose Butchart, associate fellow in the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses government efforts to assess and manage risks posed by biological agents and the importance of working with the bioeconomy community

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell,  Andrew Hunter, the director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Stacie Pettyjohn, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) discuss the U.S. Army portion of the Biden Administration's FY 2022 budget submission.

Kathleen Hicks hosts a discussion on innovation in the Department of Defense. She is joined by Todd Harrison, director of Defense Budget Analysis and the Aerospace Security Project at CSIS; Morgan Dwyer, deputy director for policy analysis in the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS; and Lindsey Sheppard, a fellow in the CSIS International Security Program.

On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests (in segment one) are Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute; Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners and Defense & Aerospace Report’s own contributing editor Christopher P. Cavas; (segment two) Gordon Adams, PhD, Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute, Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Andrew Hunter, the director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Byron Callan. Topics: — Look at the US Navy’s decision to select Fincantieri Marinette Marine over Austal USA, Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics with Navantia to supply the nation’s future anti submarine warfare frigate — Analysis of House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith’s willingness to use defense funding for pandemic response — Outlook for defense spending as unemployment rises and stimulus spending grows — Key elements of the Treasury Department’s latest Green Book — Implications of reports that Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has COVID-19 — China’s efforts to take advantage of coronavirus pandemic to burnish its international image as it competes against the United States for influence worldwide — Impact of declining defense budgets on capabilities of European allies and partners

On this special edition of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we review the U.S. Army portion of the Trump Administration’s FY 2021 budget submission. Our guest is Andrew Hunter, the director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

In this episode, Andrew invites a team from the CSIS International Security Program (ISP): Kathleen Hicks, Andrew Hunter, and Todd Harrison. They discuss Defense 360's "Bad Ideas in National Security" series that highlights brief articles written by CSIS and outside scholars on a number of bad ideas in the defense and foreign policy space. In addition to analyzing their own pieces, they nominate their frontrunners for what might be considered the "worst" bad idea. Kathleen Hicks is senior vice president at CSIS, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and director of the ISP. Andrew Hunter is director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and a senior fellow in the ISP. Todd Harrison is director of Defense Budget Analysis, director of the Aerospace Security Project, and a senior fellow in the ISP.

Please join CSIS’s Office of the Korea Chair and the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group on December 10th for a joint conference titled “CSIS-DAPA 2019: A New Generation of Partnership in the US-ROK Alliance” that aims to explore deeper and more extensive cooperation between defense-industrial firms in the two nations. The public session will feature a conversation with the Republic of Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration Minister Mr. Jung-hong Wang and the US Department of Defense’s Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Mr. Kevin Fahey.   Mr. Richard Armitage, President, Armitage International; Trustee, CSIS Mr. Andrew Hunter, Senior Fellow and Director, Defense- Industrial Initiatives Group, CSIS Mr. Jung-hong Wang, Minister, Defense Acquisition Program Administration Honorable Kevin Fahey, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Department of Defense Moderator: Dr. Victor D. Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS; D.S. Dong-KF Professor of Government, Georgetown University This event is co-hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Defense Acquisition Program (DAPA), and the Defense Agency for Technology and Quality (DTaQ). FEATURED

On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, a Textron company, our guests include Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners, Andrew Hunter, the director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Defense & Aerospace Report contributing editor Christopher P. Cavas. Topics: — Raytheon’s victory over Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to win the US Army’s Lower-Tier Air Missile Defense Sensor contract — Key takeaways from the Association of the United States Army’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Washington, DC — A look at the Army’s acquisition strategy for armored vehicles — The four competitors in the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition involving AVX-L3Harris, Bell, Boeing-Sikorsky and Karem Aircraft  — AECOM’s acquisition by private equity  — Update on defense budget and continuing resolution outlook  — Secrecy surrounding the Navy’s newest carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford

On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, a Textron company, our guests include Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council, Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, Andrew Hunter, the director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Teri Schultz, a Brussels-based reporter for National Public Radio and Deutsche Welle. Topics: — Impact of the escalating House impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s decision to withhold congressionally mandated military aid to Ukraine in exchange for Kiev’s agreement to investigate presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, with subpoenas to the Pentagon, the Office of Management and Budget and Energy Department — Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria to clear the way for a Turkish attack on Kurdish forces that have been in the forefront of the five-year American led campaign against ISIS — Impact of the decision on long-term US foreign and security standing worldwide — What the decision means for European allies and how they will respond — A look at the major themes of the upcoming Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting next week in Washington — Implications of the Army’s disqualification of Raytheon-Rheinmetall from bidding on the service’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle and BAE Systems’ decision not to bid on the award

Want to ask a question to our panelists? Submit an online question here: https://bit.ly/2kM4sXN The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Northeastern University invite you to attend a half-day public conference titled Implementing Innovation: The 21st Century National Security Innovation Partnership Conference on September 23 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ headquarters-- located at 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.  The half-day conference will include a discussion between Northeastern University’s President, Dr. Joseph E. Aoun, and Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Dr. Steven Walker, followed by an expert panel. Please see the agenda below for more details on speakers.  The conference will include discussion topics related to the 21 century national security innovation partnership, and bring together leaders from government, academia, and industry to discuss how to deliver a lasting culture of innovation in support of national security. This partnership between national security leadership, technology developers in industry, and the nation’s academic research institutions promises to continue producing decades of advancements applicable to defense and the broader economy, and is recognized as a major U.S. advantage in the most recent national security strategy. The event’s speakers will address four specific issues: Please join us on September 23 for this timely conversation. Follow the conversation on social media: @NationalSecurityInnovation, @Northeastern, @CSIS, @CSIS_ISP and @PresidentAoun.   9:30 AM – 10:00 AM - Registration  10:00 AM – 10:15 AM - Introduction  Hon. Sean O'Keefe, Syracuse University Maxwell School; Senior Adviser at CSIS   Mr. Andrew P. Hunter, CSIS Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group & Senior Fellow, International Security Program  10:15 AM – 11:15 AM - Session 1: Keynote Discussion on The 21st Century National Security Innovation Partnership  Dr. Joseph E. Aoun, President, Northeastern University   Dr. Steven H. Walker, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency      11:15 AM – 11:30 AM -  Coffee Break  11:30 AM – 12:30 PM - Session 2: Panel Discussion This panel will focus on how the 21 Century National Security Innovation Partnership supports the development of STEM talent for national security, incubates promising technological firms, fosters technology and process innovation, enables human-machine teaming, and supports cyber and supply chain security. Dr. Lisa Porter, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense   Dr. David E. Luzzi, Senior Vice Provost for Research & Vice President of the Innovation Campus, Northeastern University   Dr. Robie I. Samanta Roy, Vice President, Technology, Government Affairs, Lockheed Martin   Dr. William LaPlante, Senior Vice President & General Manager, MITRE National Security Sector   12:30 PM – 12:40 PM...

On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, a Textron company, our guests include, in segment one, Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners and Andrew Hunter, the director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In Segment two we speak withUK Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster, MP and Wing Cdr Andrew Keith, officer commanding, Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows Aerobatic Team. Topics: — New guidance from Gen. David Berger, USMC, the US Marine Corps commandant, on his priorities — Confirmation hearings for Gen. John Hyten, USAF, as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Vice Adm. Mike Gilday, USN, as the next chief of naval operations — Defense themes from recent debates among Democratic presidential candidates — Bell CEO Mitch Snyder’s comments at CSIS — US Army’s Future Vertical Lift program — Look ahead to the upcoming 11-week North American tour of the legendary Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows aerial demonstration team

Mid-tier contractors are on their own in GovCon. They lack the set-asides and other legislative supports of small businesses and yet they don't have the depth of resources that large businesses do. Learn what defines a mid-tier contractor and what's being done to level the playing field. Guest: Andrew Hunter, Director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Host: Ray Thibodeaux, AOC Key Solutions

Andrew Hunter, senior fellow and director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss current trends in defense acquisition and the importance of an artificial intelligence ecosystem to national security.

Join the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and the International Security Program for a discussion on national security, artificial intelligence, and the nexus between AI’s national security applications and its broader commercial applications. At this launch event, we will present the research and findings of our newest report, Artificial Intelligence and National Security: The Importance of the AI Ecosystem. A public panel discussion will follow, where dialogue will focus on opportunities and challenges in AI investment, adoption, and operational management in the context of national and international security.This report is made possible by the generous support from Thales USA, Inc.

In light of Section 881 of the National Defense Authorization act for Fiscal Year 2017 that expanded the definition in U.S. law of the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB) to include the United Kingdom and Australia, this report informs the NTIB partners on barriers and opportunities for effective NTIB integration. The expansion of the NTIB is based on the principle that defense trade between the United States and its closest allies enables a host of benefits including increased access to innovation, economies of scale, and interoperability. In order to reap the greatest benefits of a new era of NTIB, this report uses the lessons learned from study of the present state of integration to identify areas of opportunity for policy reforms and greater cooperation. The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group would like to thank the Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kindom for their generous support for this research.